Ouch!
Costa Rica Loses to Mexico: 2-1
SE LUCHÓ PERO… NO SE PUDO,
Diario Extra
SORPRESA Y
DESILUSIÓN, Prensa
Libre
ENCHILADOS,
Al Día
NOS DEJO
MUDOS, La Nación
Those were the headlines in this
morning's print editions of the
daily Spanish newspapers on the
streets of a country that is
quiet and in shock. For the
first time in 46 years Mexico
was able to beat Costa Rica on
it's own turf, artificial or
otherwise.
A disastrous first half of
errors by Costa Rica led to two
early goals for Mexico, which
did not seem to be affected by
the artificial turf in the
eventual 2-1 victory.
Mexico's combination of
Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Jared
Borgetti and Francisco Fonseca
gave Costa Rica fits and opened
opportunities for Jaime Lozano.
Lozano opened the scoring with a
left-footed shot in the eighth
minute. A minute later, Lozano
headed in a long pass that Costa
Rican goalie Alvaro Mesen
couldn't stop.
Paulo Wanchope scored in the
38th minute for Costa Rica,
which couldn't overcome poor
ball handling.
In other CONCACAF qualifying
plays, the United States, whose
preparations for the final round
were disrupted by a bitter pay
dispute, nonetheless turned in a
crisp performance in blazing
heat at the Queen's Park Oval
cricket ground, to win over
Trinidad an Tobago, 2-1.
The six-nation final round will
send three teams directly to the
World Cup finals in Germany,
while the fourth-placed team
will play off with an Asian side
for a berth.
The qualifying round pits Costa
Rica against Panama and Mexico
against the United States on
March 26.
Massive Pigeon Poisoning in
Centre San José
A
substance known as "Lannate®" is
believed to be the poison used
to kill hundreds of pigeons in
la Plaza de la Cultura, next to
the Teatro Nacional and fronting
on the pedestrian boulevard,
yesterday.
More than 300 pigeons died as
emergency crews were concerned
that the poisonous substance
could get in the hands of
children and infants, as it was
found to be in small pieces of
candy. The area was completely
sealed off and remained that way
for most of the day.
San José Muncipial police
detained a man who was being
suspected of spreading the small
pieces of food that contained
the poison, but was set free for
lack of evidence linking the man
to the crime.
Something was noticed as being
wrong when, one by one, the
pigeons began to fall over and a
small white substance was seen
on their beaks. Quickly the
plaza was cordoned off at all
three points of entry and an
investigation began.
Just a little over a month ago a
similar situation occurred when
a large number of pigeons began
to appear dead on the plaza
pavement.
Lannate® LV is a broad spectrum
insecticide registered in a wide
range of field, fruit, and
vegetable crops. Lannate is a
highly toxic substance and is
not sold in stores, leading
police to believe they are
dealing with an individual or
individuals who has access to
chemical farm products.
Fortunately, no one yesterday
was reported injured mainly due
to the quick response by police
and emergency crews to contain
the area.
Figueres to be Investigated
Not
even 24 hours had passed when
the Fiscal General de la
República, Francisco Dall’Annese,
announced that he accepted the
charges brought to him by a
group of Legislators against
former president José María
Figueres Olsen.
Seven Legislative Deputies, who
form part of the Comisión
Permanente Especial de Control
de Ingreso y Gasto Público,
presented formal charges against
the former president for public
disobedience when the Figueres
failed to show before their
commission on February 3.
This was the fourth time the
former president had been called
before the commission and
refused to show, only sending
the commission a volumnous
letter explaining his role in
the ICE-Alcatel scandal. The
commission rejected the letter
and asked for his personal
presence.
Dall’Annese now has the power to
launch a full scale
investigation into the affairs
of the former president with
ties to the French
telecommunications firms Alcatel
and the admitted payment of
us$906.000 in consulting fees to
Figueres.
The first step for the Fiscal is
to determine if there has been a
violation of the Penal Code. Is
refusing to heed to the demands
of the commission a violation of
the law? If so, the Deputies
want that Dall'Anese and the
Tribunales de Justicia (courts)
issue an international warrant
for the capture of Figueres and
forcibly return him to Costa
Rica.
Figueres has said he will return
to Costa Rica but will not be
part of the "political show"
that is surrounding the case.
If the Fiscal feels there is
enough evidence to issue a
warrant, this would be the
second time in less than a year
that a former president of Costa
Rica will have made the INTERPOL
wanted list.
Former president Miguel Angel
Rodríguez had the distinction
last year and was promptly
arrested by Costa Rican
officials when he set foot on
Costa Rican soil on October 15,
2004. The warrant had given him
to the date, exactly a month
after taking office as Secretary
General of the Organization of
American States (OAS), to return
to Costa Rica, failing he would
have been detained by INTERPOL
agents in Washington, D.C.
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Texan Wanted for Bank Robberies
Deported From Costa Rica
A Texas man sought as a suspect
in a string of North Texas bank
robberies has been deported from
Costa Rica.
Costa Rican immigration
officials say David Thomas
Hughes was arrested January 28th
and deported Monday after he was
found carrying an altered
passport.
Authorities used fingerprints
and photographs to identify
Hughes as a man being sought in
Texas on robbery charges.
Hughes had entered Costa Rica
several times since 2000 under a
different name, arriving by
plane and crossing the border by
land from both Panama and
Nicaragua.
The falsified documents allowed
Costa Rica to deport Hughes
without following formal
extradition procedures.
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