Co. Banned from Costa Rica Few individuals fascinate the US media like Ollie North.
Few subjects grab more media attention than drugs.
Few democracies win more media praise than Costa Rica. In July, North and other major contragate figures were barred from Costa Rica. The order was issued by none other than Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. President Arias was acting on recommendations from a Costa Rican congressional commission investigating drug trafficking. The commission concluded that the contra re-supply network in Costa Rica which North coordinated from the White House doubled as a drug smuggling operation.