About 2,500 bullets were fired, leaving one person dead and eight police officers injured in the operationSAN JOSÉ — Costa Rican police arrested the country’s most wanted drug trafficker Friday, in an operation that left one person dead and eight injured, officials said. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLESSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. The U.S. embassy in San Juan issued a statement congratulating the Costa Rican government on the successful operation. “El Diablo” had been sought by authorities for about 10 years, and authorities suspect he was hiding out in neighbouring Nicaragua for part of that time. In recent years, drug trafficking has surged in Costa Rica, which was once Central America’s safest country.