Bomb Threats Evacuated San José Airport
Authorities at the Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría in San José took the threats against the airport terminal seriously yesterday when a caller warned of the existence of a bomb. This was the second such call in a week. The first call came on Thursday the week earlier and then again yesterday morning.

Like the first call, yesterday morning, around 10am, police closed off the airport terminal for a full inspection of the terminal to determine the existence of a bomb. The K-9 squad was called in to help in the search.

In both instances police came up empty handed following receiving a phone call of a bomb. In both cases it was a false alert, but it doesn't mean that airport authorities don't take such calls seriously.

Police are concerned that the airport is not the only public building being "toyed" with by persons unknown.

Last week a caller caused the evacuation of the Instituto Nacional de Seguros, (INS) known as the Prestaciones Sanitarias, located in La Uruca.

According to information by the Esteban Ramos, chief of the Ingeniería en Prevención del Cuerpo de Bomberos del INS, 102 people that were being hospitalized at the centre and another thousand that were working in the building or outpatients, were evacuated from the building.

As in the case of the INS building, the airport terminal was completely searched and no bomb was found.