costa rica crime

A group of people intended to place explosives 300 meters from a National Park on Independence Day, September 15. The group was dismantled by a joint force including the OIJ,…

A 67-year-old foreigner from Italy was captured by police on Monday in the Juan Santamaría International Airport. They noticed suspicious movements and decided to check his luggage. It was discovered…

A driver has been arrested and for the strangest of reasons. He kicked a traffic officer. The man, age 38, was apprehended outside the Juan Santamaria Airport on Friday being…

Police report surprising a group trying to bury a plane that had fallen in a desolate area in Palmar Sur de Osa, in the southern part of Costa Rica. The…

A new initiative seeks to fine those who deliver phones into prisons with over ¢4 million, or ten base salaries. The fine is extremely high due to the danger implied…

Inmates scam people from jail. This has been known for some time but little can be done about it, well little because Costa Rica is unwilling to take away access…

Cristel Yariella Gómez Espinoza, better known as Reina del Sur, has been detained by authorities and will be serving three months of pretrial detention. She is being investigated for international…

There is a new scanner in operation at the Moín Megaport. It will be used to find drugs in containers. There was a halt in its use because of a…