costa rica crime

The Judicial Investigation Agency is investigating the beating of an Uber Eats driver in Heredia. A video showed that a man traveling by car assaulted him and threw his bicycle…

Seven men carried out a plan to kill Erwin Guido Toruño, known as “Gringo,” a narco leader. Some of them are already in prison for other crimes and others were…

A passenger was caught in the Juan Santamaría Airport hiding $226,005 in bundles of $100 bills in the double lining of a suitcase. He was planning to fly to Panama…

The project against hate crimes has essentially died. It seems strange at first that anyone would be against punishing hate crimes but the actual issue behind this is that the…

The Canadian government has issued an ‘Exercise a High-Degree of Caution’ advisory for the Central America country of Costa Rica. This Level 2 Advisory was issued on May 13, 2019,…

The Minister of Education, Edgar Mora, stated that he suspects corruption schemes related to school construction. He has found irregularities in the office that plans and maintains the construction of…

A bill passed this week in the Drug Trafficking and Security Commission will continue in the legislative plenary. It prohibits pawnshops from operating between 7pm and 6am and requires better…

Two residents of Alajuela are to face trial for killing a dog. The Criminal Court of Alajuela raised the case on March 15th. The indicted, Espinoza Leslie and Zúñiga Palladino,…