Famed Nicaragua Contra leader is sought by Costa Rica on charges stemming from river dispute

Published January 13, 2015

Costa Rican authorities say Nicaraguan Contra leader Eden Pastora has become an international suspect on charges he violated environmental laws when he led a dredging project in a river between the two Central American nations.

Vice Minister of Security Celso Gamboa says Interpol included Pastora on its list of fugitives Tuesday.

Pastora served as president of a committee for development of the San Juan River that is at the center of a lengthy dispute between the neighboring countries.

The Costa Rican government says the 76-year-old Pastora made illicit use of public property during the 2010 dredging project in which he meant to recover water lost after Costa Rica rerouted the river in the 1940s.

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