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Drug Kingpin Arrested After Wife's Social Media Slip

1/29/2025

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Luis Manuel Picado Grijalba, a notorious 43-year-old drug kingpin, was apprehended in London after his wife, Estefania McDonald Rodriguez, inadvertently exposed their whereabouts on social media during a European getaway. Grijalba, sought for cocaine trafficking from Costa Rica to the U.S., is now fighting extradition, prompting scrutiny over the Costa Rican authorities' failure to act sooner.

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Luis Manuel Picado Grijalba, a notorious 43-year-old drug kingpin, was apprehended in London after his wife, Estefania McDonald Rodriguez, inadvertently exposed their whereabouts on social media during a European getaway. Grijalba, sought for cocaine trafficking from Costa Rica to the U.S., is now fighting extradition, prompting scrutiny over the Costa Rican authorities' failure to act sooner.