Unidad Especial de Intervención (Costa Rica)

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A member of the UEI at the Fuerzas Commando

Unidad Especial de Intervención ( UEI ) is a special unit of the Direccion de Inteligencia y Seguridad Nacional in Costa Rica and was founded in 1982. The unit now has 70 members and is heavily armed and well trained. It is used for VIP protection, hostage rescue and against heavily armed criminals. The UEI uses eleven-person attack teams that are divided into three-person sub-teams. The San José-based unit was trained by teams from Panama, Israel, America, Argentina and Spain.

The UEI is criticized for militarizing police tasks with it, although Costa Rica abolished the military in 1948 (see Costa Rican armed forces ). The UEI has also participated several times in the Fuerzas Commando competitions, a maneuver organized by SOCSOUTH , and even won once.

Web links

Commons : Unidad Especial de Intervención  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sarah Blaskey: Costa Rican Special Operations Unit Participates in Regional 'War Games'. In: The Tico Times. August 9, 2014, accessed September 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Sarah Blaskey: Costa Rican special operations unit Participates in regional 'war games'. In: The Tico Times. August 9, 2014, accessed October 25, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Jaime Lopez: Costa Rica at Fuerzas Comando 2015. In: The Costa Rica Star. July 22, 2015, accessed September 6, 2017 .