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Hotel in Limon decides to close due to escalating security threat

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April 5th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com)  The Colon Caribe Hotel, located in the southern Caribbean coast in Limon, has decided to close due to the escalating security threat in the area.

 

The decision was made due to the security threats prevailing in the area, and after their employees and guests had been victimized by criminals weeks ago.

 

The management of the hotel announced its decision through a letter that states that despite the efforts of police and security experts working together, their efforts have not resulted in the level of security required by guests and staff.

 

The hotel, which was under the management of TRYP hotels – San Jose, said that despite the fact that they had private security, surveillance cameras, and safes in the rooms, the decision was made due to concerns about the physical safety of tourists and its staff.

 

The hotel consists of 32 bungalows, and is located 20 kilometers from downtown Limon.

 

Between 30 and 35 people lost their jobs.

 

Last month, at a different hotel in Home Creek, Cahuita, Limon, five masked gunmen held 18 U.S. tourists and hotel staff as they ransacked rooms, stealing cameras, computers, phones, and cash.

 

The U.S. Embassy also recently warned of an increase in armed robberies of U.S. citizens in the nearby town of Puerto Viejo, Limon.

 

In that statement, issued on March 28th, the U.S. Embassy warned, “In the past four weeks, three armed robberies of  U.S. citizens have occurred in the Puerto Viejo area, in addition to armed invasions of two hotels and one residence.”

 

 

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniela-Rosaura/100003239282826 Daniela Rosaura

    What’s the country going to be like when the economy here REALLY goes south, along with the dollar and the euro? Already unemployment is a big problem and growing.

    • georgechapogas

      every social democracy on the planet is self imploding except those that have natural resources they can exploit to pay for a government with social programs could never be paid for by normal business and employment. all are being crushed by sovereign debt and unfunded future liability. anyone saying differently is naive. no amount of taxation will ever pay for a social democracy. just the way it is.

  • P mattingly

    I have been to CR several times over the last 15 years. At first I fell in love with the place and planned to buy a house there and live. But as the events kept changing and my knowledge of CR increased I came to understand the level of crime and corruption that exist there. I have never met any foreigner who has been to CR more than twice that has not been a victim of crime including myself. First time was a thief stole my wife’s purse and within minutes they were using her credit cards in Jaco. We couldn’t file a police report in Jaco because the station was closed and were told to go to Punta Arenas that was also closed and then to Nicoya…a 6 hour ordeal. When we went to leave the country in San Jose and get on our flight, the migra further victimized her by refusing to let her leave because she didn’t have a foto ID that was stolen.
    Second time was another trip when a man came up to her in San Jose and grabbed her breasts on a crowded street while my back was turned and looking for a taxi in the rain.

    We decided to never return to CR and I am sure there are thousands like us who have learned the dirty truth of the ‘paradise lost’.

  • Albert Wallace

    Costa Rica = Pura Vida? what a joke, and the charts show Costa Rica is one of the “happiest places to live in the world, that the people are some of the happiest” another joke. Great advertising campaign at the expense of innocent tourists.

    • DonnaAngelStar

      I’m happy in my locked down compound with visual perimeters around. We’ve been luckier than most,we’re only fenced in but it has been a detriment. People have wondered for years why we put up our fence before we moved here. It is still safer than a condo in Dallas.
      The pros and cons of a deteriorating world.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jada-Stone/100001704943944 Jada Stone

    The government had better get this under control while there is still time, or before your country is unsalvageable.

  • Jerry

    Glad it is tico’s loosing jobs. They deserve no better.

  • http://www.facebook.com/charlesgregory.wanger Charles Gregory Wanger

    What a bunch of ( most of you – not all ) really unhappy
    people you all are – I do empathize with those of you that have had bad
    experiences here and do not want to discount them – however after living here
    for 15 years I got to say – I still love this place. Why do you say it is a
    joke that this is one of the happiest places? And that the people here are NOT some
    of the happiest? Why is it that Ticos
    deserve to lose their jobs? I know
    plenty of people both national and foreign that are really happy and have had
    great employees and bad ones. Donna thank you for being one of the only
    positive people that posted. The government
    better get a grip – and they have – and things HAVE improved – and they need to
    improve more. For your information this article above is a crock – the main
    reason this hotel is shutting down is that it was built to accommodate the
    cruise ships and their guests for their 1 days stay in Limon Port – these numbers,
    for whatever reason, have really gone down over the past 2 years – and they
    were losing money – and then they had some run ins with crime – but to say that
    crime alone is the reason they are closing is an outright lie.

    • Albert Wallace

      Charles – the cruise ships stopped docking in Limon a few years ago, due to the violence and the cruise guests getting mugged. In face a few yrs ago a retired US Marine was held up he fought back and the robber was killed. Also, explain why cruise tourists once docked in Limon want to go to that resort and spend the night? They go back to the ship and depart on the same day.

  • http://www.facebook.com/marcelmpfister Marcel M. Pfister

    I am disgusted by all these ugly comments about Costa Rica – presumably by unhappy US-Americans. I have lived in Costa Rica for eight years now and have never been assaulted or stolen from. The US is probably the last place on earth who is entitled to do any fingerpointing to any other country in terms of violence. Your country has a serious drug problem and your gun culture is a prime example to the rest of the planet of how not to do it. As far as I am concerned, US-Americans should have to apply for a licence to own a vegetable peeler.

    • georgechapogas

      i agree with your comments from some guests/expats, i think that you presume they are all American is kinda silly. please distinguish between description and prescription.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ken-Morris/100001033121747 Ken Morris

    Ah, the usual bitching about Costa Rica, then the usual bitching about those who bitch, and not least the usual ideologue weighing in to bitch about social democracies the world over. Come on, the issue is an upsurge in a certain kind of crime in Limón, one province, and it behooves us to focus on this. Evidently, the drug runners have moved into Limón, and in consequence have brought with them some generally unsavory types while sucking some of the local kids into addiction and criminality. Interestingly, many of these crimes appear to be committed by outsiders, not Ticos. Behind this is in turn US demand for drugs, so indirectly US policy and tastes are the cause of the crime wave. Unless Costa Rica AND the US get a handle on this problem, which I’m persuaded will require a change in US policy, it’s only going to get worse. Generalized bitching really isn’t helping.

    • georgechapogas

      daniela expressed a fear that the economy may grow much worse, i responded that most social democracies are economically failing. you describe that as bitching? as a retiree, i find it a reasonable fear, hardly ideological. i did not suggest any path for costa rica btw. their country, they can do as they wish.

  • disgusted

    Wonder how many other hotels are on the brink of closure?? Or they have to keep them open since they put their life savings and sweat into them. Robert C. told me 7 yrs ago he was held at gun point in Cahutia scared out of ever loving mind and they took all his things from his house. Not a safe place is understatement.

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