The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the State Department announced a $500,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Alejandro Arias-Monge, the alleged leader of a transnational criminal organization and Costa Rica's most wanted fugitive.
According to the DEA, Arias-Monge — also known as "Diablo," or Devil — is wanted in Costa Rica on multiple charges, including drug trafficking, robbery, aggravated homicide and money laundering. The agency said he has conspired with drug traffickers and organizations to move "multi-hundred-kilogram loads of cocaine" from Colombia through Central America and Mexico, and into the United States.
