Comments on: US mother, children arrested at SJO airport after $45,000 discovered in their bags

By: yaniel ray espinosa

yaniel ray espinosa — Sat, 06 Jun 2015 08:43:00 +0000

My baby, Pedro. I miss you so much. Come back!

By: Luis Diego Campos

Luis Diego Campos — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 23:50:00 +0000

SVA servicio de vigilancia aerea arrested them buddie and sent them to OIJ to be investigate.
And OIJ along with SVA will make final report for the prosecutor to press charges. And ofcourse they wont tell you crap since investigation still open just to see who is the big fish, I mean, it make sense right?

By: Luis Diego Campos

Luis Diego Campos — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 23:45:00 +0000

Played the game got caught too bad. Will face jail and money stays with the hacienda boys… If your hide it you know you are breaking the law..Lets not play stupid, credit,debit cc, travelers check, bank info wont get you in trouble…Airport security arrested them is call SVA.

By: CRChris

CRChris — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 13:56:00 +0000

John, the declaration of cash or equivalents in excess of $10,000USD is determined by the country of entry. So in this case Costa Rica. If you have traveled very much to foreign countries almost all have this declaration and the amount is almost always $10,000USD. The law also sets this limit to all who are traveling together not for each individual. If these people were smart they would have made an effort to not appear to be traveling together since their last names were not the same. But, this being said, the minor being the fourth person would not be able to hold $10,000USD undeclared.

By: Timothy Williams

Timothy Williams — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 21:38:00 +0000

I suppose I should add, based on your comment, that these particular subjects are not connected in any way to Heigis or his family.

By: Timothy Williams

Timothy Williams — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 18:45:00 +0000

Thank you for the catch.

We are continuing to work the Heigis case, but have refrained from publishing certain items until his family receives his remains, which is expected to happen tomorrow.

By: roberto

roberto — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 18:40:00 +0000

Hey Tim, my calendar says Saturday March 1st.
Any news about the murder of Kurt Heigis? Maybe these people came down to hire a PI and take the body back to the US.

By: Timothy Williams

Timothy Williams — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 18:19:00 +0000

Just added an additional final sentence to the story: “According to the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ), the arrests were the result of confidential information received by authorities.”

By: John Dungan

John Dungan — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 18:14:00 +0000

Exactly who arrested these people, anyway? I thought it was a U. S. law that you cannot carry more than ten grand, so what authority in CR could have arrested them? And, a total of four people should be allowed to carry ten grand each, que no? There is something screwy here.