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The suspect of having planned the kidnapping of American William Sean Creighton Kopko, owner of a sportsbook in Costa Rica, apparently used the money obtained with extortion to flee to Zaragoza, Spain, with his partner and his mother.
The disappearance of the foreigner occurred on the night of September 24, 2018.
It is presumed that through extortions made to relatives of the businessman, the alleged kidnapper obtained almost $ 1 million.
The Prosecutor's Office informed that in conjunction with the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), 11 raids were carried out this Friday, 10 in Costa Rica and one in Spain, to arrest the suspects and at the same time try to locate the foreigner.
In Spain, the Civil Guard captured an engineer named Morales Vega, his partner and his mother, surnamed Solís Chaves and Vega Aguirre, respectively.
Meanwhile, in Costa Rica, the operations took place in Cartago, La Union, Santo Domingo de Heredia, Guadalupe, Moravia, Siquirres and Limón. These allowed the arrest of nine people, among them the uncle and the grandmother of the leader of the organization, identified with the last names Vega Aguirre and Aguirre Leal.
Two officers of the Traffic Police, named Jirón López and Medrano Vargas, and five other persons were also apprehended.
Walter Espinoza Espinoza, director of the Judicial Police, said that those who were in Spanish territory will be transferred to the country for the corresponding process.
"The investigation started on September 25 of last year, after the North American was deprived of freedom on the previous day in the evening.
"His family received extortion calls and made an important payment to secure his release;however, since September 24 it is not known where it is, "said Walter Espinoza Espinoza, director of the Judicial Police.