Comments on: Authorities dismantle criminal group that had help from police officer

By: Yeims

Yeims — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:13:00 +0000

The 99% of the cops are giving the remaining one percent a bad name.

By: McDemon

McDemon — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 22:23:00 +0000

Costa Rica should stop hiring uneducated ditch diggers and paying them squat. WTF do they expect. They give a guy with a 7th grade education power and a gun and expect him to not take advantage? They, of all people, know how unlikely punishment will be in the off chance they are caught. Worst case scenario is they have to cut in the corrupt cop or supervisor who caught them. Vermin all of them.

By: expatin paradise

expatin paradise — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 20:34:00 +0000

There’s always a cop involved. I’m sure that there are some honest cops. Costa Rica really should polygraph all law enforcement officers every six months.

By: McDemon

McDemon — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:48:00 +0000

This pattern is par for the course in this ass-backwards shit hole. I’ve read articles where some of these scumbags had been arrested 45+ plus times for violent crimes yet were never sentenced once. Sheer lunacy! The idiots who run this country have pissed away the huge advantage they were left with as Central America emerged from the hell of the 70′s and 80′s. They will get what they deserve when investment flees and the peasants have no Gringos off which to leech and steal.

By: Timothy Williams

Timothy Williams — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:04:00 +0000

Please drop us a line at editor@insidecostarica.com to discuss. Thank you.

By: Gene Warneke

Gene Warneke — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:59:00 +0000

A similar thing happened to me in Canaza de Puerto Jimenez on the Osa Peninsula about 2.5 years ago. I suffered through a home invasion with a knife to my neck for over 40 minutes. A week later, two young police officers drove up and offered to help me get my stuff back, but on an off-the-record basis.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:04:00 +0000

Corrupt cops in Costa Rica? Really? I can’t believe it.

By: McDemon

McDemon — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:01:00 +0000

Nothing but thieves and liars in this country! Can’t wait to leave!

By: Yeims

Yeims — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:28:00 +0000

It might be interesting to see what is done about this judiciously. Let’s see, already arrested 5 times.. Will this sixth time be a charm, or will the trend continue. My guess is that the past will be the stronger predictor. I wonder if the policeman will even see a day in jail.

By: NorthendFool

NorthendFool — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:26:00 +0000

I was hoping this article was about Puerto Viejo where the police work with the pot growers to protect them.