Two patrol 110-feet long boats left the port of Baltimore in the United States and are expected to arrive in Caldera on April 26th to be integrated into Costa Rica’s surveillance force in the Pacific Ocean.
The two ships will be the largest in the history of the Coast Guard service. They have the ability to go and return several times to Isla del Coco with a single tank of fuel. This way, the country will have the capacity for the first time in history to monitor its territorial sea in the Pacific, which is 11 times larger than the land territory.
In addition to drug trafficking, illegal fishing and human trafficking will also be monitored.
For three months, 47 Coast Guard members have been receiving training in the United States not only to manage these giants of the sea, but also to maintain them in good conditions.
In 2017, Costa Rica seized 30 metric tons of drugs throughout the year.