Costa Rica jails 3 Iraqis in fake passport case
July 31st, 2008 | by admin |Authorities say three Iraqi men have been jailed in Costa Rica on suspicion of using false passports.
The Attorney General’s office said Tuesday the men flew from Costa Rica to Guatemala using fake travel documents from Greece, Great Britain and the former Yugoslavia.
All were refused entry and were returned to Costa Rica, where authorities detained them Monday.
Costa Rican law allows them to be held for three months while they are being investigated on the false documents charge, a crime punishable up to six years in prison.
A statement from the prosecutor’s office did not name the men.
