2026年8月14日 / 美国东部时间上午6:55 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/法新社
当地时间周四，哥斯达黎加圣何塞当局表示，已将该国头号毒枭之一及一名同伙贩毒集团成员引渡至美国，以在美国联邦法院受审。
绰号“硬汉可卡因”的哥斯达黎加商人吉尔伯特·贝尔·费尔南德斯与绰号“老兄”的哥伦比亚人加布里埃尔·洛萨诺·博尼利亚，从圣何塞西北部的胡安·圣玛丽亚国际机场被押解飞往纽约。
现年63岁的贝尔·费尔南德斯被美国财政部视为哥斯达黎加最大的毒枭之一，美方称其“不仅以贩运毒品的规模闻名，还以其暴力运作手段著称”。
贝尔·费尔南德斯于2023年被列入美国制裁名单。
哥斯达黎加总检察长卡洛·迪亚兹在接受记者采访时表示：“美国缉毒局将他们与海湾家族联系在一起”，此处指美国毒品管制局。
据称，两人均参与为这个被华盛顿列为外国恐怖组织的哥伦比亚贩毒集团向美国贩运可卡因。
“我感谢美国将我带出这个国家。他们救了我的命，”贝尔·费尔南德斯说道，他称自己在狱中遭受了虐待。
2026年8月13日，在美国缉毒局特工的监视下，哥斯达黎加安全部队将涉嫌毒贩加布里埃尔·洛萨诺（未在图中）和吉尔伯特·贝尔·费尔南德斯押上引渡美国的飞机，摄于哥斯达黎加阿拉胡埃拉。 公共安全部/路透社资料图片
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身为哥斯达黎加归化公民的洛萨诺·博尼利亚，还被指控与向欧洲和亚洲运送液态可卡因的案件有关联。
据当地媒体报道，贝尔·费尔南德斯与洛萨诺·博尼利亚两人均身着防弹背心、头戴头盔，在严密安保的护送下被带往机场。
哥斯达黎加右翼总统劳拉·费尔南德斯是特朗普总统的重要盟友，她在今年5月就职期间承诺对贩毒活动采取“强硬手段”，称“面对有组织犯罪时，我的手不会颤抖”。
拥有520万人口、以白沙滩闻名的哥斯达黎加，长期以来被视为中美洲地区稳定与民主的绿洲。
但近年来，该国已发展成为区域毒品贸易的物流枢纽，加剧了当地的地盘争夺战，导致谋杀率飙升。上个月，哥斯达黎加抓获了该国头号通缉犯“恶魔”，此人因涉嫌贩毒被美国通缉，悬赏金额达50万美元。
自前总统罗德里戈·查韦斯（费尔南德斯的前任）推动的2025年宪法改革以来，哥斯达黎加已允许引渡行动。
自那以来，该国已将涉嫌贩毒的前安全部长兼法官塞尔索·甘博亚及其同伙埃德温·洛佩斯·贝加（绰号“鼠胸”）等人引渡至美国。
甘博亚于2025年7月9日被美国司法部起诉，罪名是与其他国际毒贩合谋制造和运输大量可卡因。
Top drug trafficker “Macho Coca” and cartel member “Compadre” extradited to U.S. from Costa Rica
August 14, 2026 / 6:55 AM EDT / CBS/AFP
San Jose extradited one of Costa Rica’s top drug traffickers and a fellow cartel member to the United States on Thursday to stand trial in federal court, authorities said.
Costa Rican businessman Gilbert Bell Fernandez, known as “Macho Coca,” and Colombian Gabriel Lozano Bonilla, known as “Compadre,” were flown from Juan Santa Maria International Airport, northwest of San Jose, to New York.
Bell Fernandez, 63, is considered one of the biggest drug traffickers in Costa Rica by the U.S. Treasury Department, which says he is “known not only for the volume of drugs he moves but the violence with which he operates.”
Bell Fernandez was placed on its sanctions list in 2023.
“The DEA links them to the Gulf Clan,” Costa Rican Attorney General Carlo Diaz told reporters, referring to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Both men allegedly took part in trafficking cocaine to the U.S. for the Colombian cartel, which Washington has labeled a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
“I thank the United States for taking me out of this country. They are saving my life,” said Bell Fernandez, who said he had been mistreated in prison.
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents observe alleged drug traffickers Gabriel Lozano (not pictured) and Gilbert Bell Fernandez as Costa Rican security forces escort them aboard a plane for extradition to the United States, in Alajuela, Costa Rica, August 13, 2026. Ministerio de Seguridad Publica/Handout via REUTERS
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Lozano Bonilla, a naturalized Costa Rican, is also allegedly linked to shipments of liquid cocaine to Europe and Asia.
Both Bell Fernandez and Lozano Bonilla were taken to the airport wearing bulletproof vests and helmets flanked by tight security, local media reported.
Costa Rica’s right-wing President Laura Fernandez, a key ally of President Trump, pledged a “firm hand” against drug trafficking during her May inauguration, saying her “hand will not tremble when confronting organized crime.”
Costa Rica, a country of 5.2 million people famous for its white-sand beaches, has long been seen as an oasis of stability and democracy in Central America.
But in recent years, it has developed into a logistical hub in the regional drug trade, fueling local turf wars that have caused the murder rate to soar. Last month, Costa Rica captured its most-wanted fugitive, known as “Diablo,” who was wanted by the U.S. for alleged drug trafficking and had a $500,000 bounty on his head.
Extraditions have been allowed in the country since a 2025 constitutional reform promoted by former President Rodrigo Chaves, Fernandez’s predecessor.
Since then, it has extradited former security minister and judge Celso Gamboa, who is accused of drug trafficking, and his alleged associate Edwin Lopez Vega, alias “Pecho de Rata,” among others to the United States.
Gamboa was indicted by the U.S. Justice Department on July 9, 2025, and charged with conspiring with other international drug traffickers to manufacture and transport significant quantities of cocaine.
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