Alejandro Arias-Monge
Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program

REWARD $500,000

WANTED: ALEJANDRO ARIAS-MONGE, A/K/A “DIABLO”

REWARD OF UP TO $500,000

NAME: Alejandro Arias-Monge
ALIASES: “Diablo”
DOB: September 19, 1984
POB: Pococí, Limon, Costa Rica
NATIONALITY: Costa Rican
CITIZENSHIP: Costa Rican
HEIGHT: 6’0”
WEIGHT:  215
HAIR COLOR: Brown
EYE COLOR: Brown
SCARS, TATTOOS, OR MARKS: Unknown

Alejandro Arias-Monge is the head of a violent transnational criminal organization (TCO) and the most wanted fugitive in Costa Rica.  Arias has multiple Costa Rican warrants for drug trafficking, robbery, aggravated homicide, and money laundering.

According to the DEA, Arias has conspired with numerous drug traffickers and Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs) to transport multi-hundred-kilogram loads of cocaine originating from Colombia. The cocaine is then smuggled through Costa Rica, Honduras, and Guatemala to Mexico, with the ultimate destination being the United States.  Arias’ organization also uses social media to intimidate Costa Rican citizens by posting images of firearms, threatening messages to the public and governmental leaders, and videos of murders.  In addition, the DEA and Costa Rican authorities have identified criminal cells operated by Arias in all seven provinces of Costa Rica.

The Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is offering a REWARD OF UP TO $500,000 for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Alejandro Arias-Monge.  If you have information, please contact the DEA at +1-956-517-7023 (text/WhatsApp/Signal) or by email at CRInfo@dea.gov.  If you are located outside the United States, please contact the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate.  If you are in the United States, please contact the local DEA office in your city.

ALL IDENTITIES ARE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. 

Government officials and employees are not eligible for rewards.