Costa Rica police officer on the run after being busted with 100 kilos of cocaine
A Costa Rican police officer remained on the run Monday morning after fellow police officers at a checkpoint in Uvita de Osa on Saturday discovered 100 kilos of cocaine in…
Suspect arrested in brutal murder of US charity founder, Sondra Lynn Elizondo in Costa Rica
The primary suspect in the murder of Sandra Lynn Elizondo, a Florida woman found brutally murdered in a San Jose hotel room on Wednesday, was arrested by agents of Costa…
2015 has officially set new record for murders in Costa Rica
As of Thursday, a total of 527 murders have been officially recorded by Costa Rican officials this year. As a result, 2015 will set a new record for homicides…
US woman murdered in San Jose hotel was charity founder, mother of two
A woman from the United States who was found brutally murdered in a San Jose hotel room on Wednesday was the co-founder of Vida Volunteer, an organization that provides free…
Decade-old saga comes to an end as Costa Rica court sentences investment fraudster Luis Milanes to 15 years in prison
The Criminal Court of San Jose sentenced Cuban American, Luis Tamayo Milanés to 15 years and 8 months in prison Thursday morning, ending a 13-year saga that began when his…
US woman found brutally murdered in San Jose hotel room
A woman from the United States was found brutally murdered in a small hotel in San Jose’s Barrio California, near the Nicaraguan embassy, on Wednesday, authorities confirm.…
Cuban migrant crisis in Costa Rica continues to worsen as Belize rejects transit proposal
Belize on Tuesday turned down a proposal by Costa Rica to fly thousands of Cuban migrants trapped in the country to Belize, from which point the migrants could continue their…
The most important person at the Paris climate talks is a woman from tiny Costa Rica
Christiana Figueres’ mandate is no small task: Persuade world leaders to make drastic cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions and avoid catastrophic global warming. Figueres, the United Nations climate chief,…
