Proposed amendment to Costa Rican constitution authorizing extradition moves forward

The deputies of the special commission that analyzed the issue of extradition of Costa Ricans linked to drug trafficking and terrorism welcomed the basic text and recommended that the Plenary approve the constitutional reform. The issue, put up for discussion by the Executive Branch through the ruling faction, passed the analysis stage and will now come to the discussion in the Plenary, where it must be voted on in the first debate of the first legislature and sent to the Constitutional Chamber. The vote on the report was unanimous by the legislative body, which in a matter of a month received constitutional experts, security authorities and also specialists from Mexico and Colombia. Also, the Attorney General’s Office made it clear that a fundamental right of people would not be limited.
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