Costa Rica’s First Female Extradition Suspect Faces Legal Battle Over Transfer to United States

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An appeal has paused the extradition of La Güera, the first Costa Rican woman ordered transferred to the United States. The case is testing how the 2025 reform on retroactivity applies to extradition proceedings.

An appeal has paused the extradition of La Güera, the first Costa Rican woman ordered sent to the US, in a new test of the 2025 reform on retroactivity.