Costa Rica’s environmental prosecutor this month raided Hybrida Farms, a medical cannabis operation tied to a U.S. venture now at the center of a $100 million court fight in Austin, seizing computers, cell phones and documents as part of a criminal probe. The raid has injected an international wrinkle into a Travis County lawsuit that says investors and executives clashed over who really owned and controlled the business. Two men were listed by Costa Rican prosecutors as defendants but were not detained, officials said.
The Environmental Prosecutor’s Office carried out the search last Tuesday to gather electronic evidence and conduct topographic studies at the finca known locally as La Mara, according to Semanario Universidad. Prosecutors said the action followed complaints that construction and earth‑moving work had altered the Humedal de Coris and nearby water bodies, and they opened the investigation under case number 24‑000030‑0611‑PE. Authorities confirmed that phones and computers were seized during the visit.
The farm sits in Valle de Coris in Cartago, next to the Cerros de la Carpintera protected zone, a landscape that Costa Rican agencies have identified as important for aquifer recharge and migratory bird habitat. Setena granted environmental viability for the project in 2024, but local officials and conservation groups say stop orders and complaints followed after visible earthworks appeared at the site. The Hybrida Farms’ website describes the operation as a licensed, sustainability‑focused medical cannabis producer…