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Italian Carabinieri are
silhouetted against a projector screen reading 'Operation Puntot
50 ' before a press conference on a big anti-drugs operation, in
Rome. Italian police said on Thursday they had helped break up a
drug trafficking ring between Latin America and Europe in an
operation leading to 14 arrests in several countries. A police
statement said 500 kg (1,100 lb) of cocaine was seized in the
operation. They said the countries were Italy, Spain, Colombia,
and Costa Rica. [Foto: REUTERS/Max Rossi]
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Gang Tapped Into Pipeline to
Steal Gasoline
The high cost of gasoline has
led an ingenious group of
thieves to steal gasoline from
the gasoline pipeline that feeds
the RECOPE reservoir tanks in
San José from the refinery in
Limón.
Man Shoots Dead His Girlfriend
Following Break Up
A broken love affair is the
principal cause in another
murder, this time in the
northern town of Liberia, where
a man after failing to commit
suicide by poisoning himself,
decided to take his fire arm and
shoot dead his 22 year old
girlfriend and her 15 year old
sister.
Hunger Strike To Demand Return
of Their Land
Five Guanacastecas representing
forty two families in the area
of Simón Bolívar de Sardinal de
Carrillo (Guanacaste) have been
on a hunger strike outside the
Legislative Assembly in San José
since Tuesday in protest that
the local mayor has forced them
out of the lands they build
their homes on.
Cleaner Air? Experts at Health
and Environment Assure The
Situation is Not That Clear
Do you know how fast a vehicle
moves along the streets of
downtown? The posted speed on
Avenida Segunda, Avenida 10 and
Paseo Colon is 60 kilometres per
hour, but experts say the
average speed is 12 km/h due to
the traffic jams.
Bennett Still Alive in Costa
Rica Doubles
Olivia Bennett is still alive in
doubles after going out in
singles yesterday in the
International Tennis Federation
(ITF) Junior Tournament in Costa
Rica.
News
Briefs
The hospital San Juan de Dios in
centre San José made the
decision not accept patients
following overcrowding, where 54
patients are being attended to
in the emergency area with
capacity for 16. The hospital
made the announcement yesterday
that it would accept only life
threatening emergencies.
LATIN AMERICA
Venezuela urges US to extradite
Posada
he Venezuelan government
Wednesday formally asked the
United States to extradite Luis
Posada Carriles, accused of
blowing up a Cuban airliner in
1976, state television reported
on Wednesday.
Bolivia's interim president
appoints transition cabinet
Bolivian President Eduardo
Rodriguez appointed his
transition cabinet prior to the
anticipated elections, the local
press reported Wednesday.
Mexican court votes for genocide
charges against ex-president
The Supreme Court of Mexico
decided by a 3-2 vote on
Wednesday to press genocide
charges against former President
Luis Echeverria, a move viewed
as historic by the country's
judicial sources.
60 businessmen arrested for tax
evasion in Brazil
Nearly 60 businessmen were
arrested Wednesday in Brazil for
alleged tax evasion totaling 254
million US dollars a year.
500
paramilitaries hand over arms to
Colombian govt
Nearly 500 paramilitaries of the
United Self-Defense Forces of
Colombia (AUC) handed over their
arms to the Colombian government
on Wednesday afternoon at a
temporary demobilization zone in
the northwest of the country.
SPECIAL REPORTS
URUGUAY:
A 13-Hour
Respite from Homelessness
It's 7:00 PM and has already
been dark for a while. Although
the southern hemisphere winter
has not yet officially begun,
the cold on the streets of the
Uruguayan capital attests
otherwise.
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