Suspect arrested after fatal shooting of US man in Heredia
The Judicial Investigative Police (OIJ) managed to capture a suspect just hours after the fatal shooting of a US man in San Pablo de Heredia Saturday evening.…
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Costa Rica’s DIS to investigate source of intelligence leaks
The director of Costa Rica’s national intelligence agency known as DIS, Mariano Figueres said during a Thursday morning press conference that the agency plans to investigate how local media have…
Costa Rica businessman linked to ‘El Chapo’ in intel reports was suspected of orchestrating triple murder of rival hotelier: report
On February 9th, 2013, Geovanny Soto Ruiz, 52 and his sons Emmanuel, 18, and Juan Mauricio Soto Soto, 27 were found dead in various areas of La Fortuna, showing signs…
4.9-magnitude temblor in Osa rattles Costa Rica’s Central Valley, southern zone
A magnitude 4.9 temblor struck at 10:40 a.m. Thursday 36 kilometers southwest of Dominical de Osa, according to Costa Rica’s National Seismological Network (RSN).…
Costa Rica eyed for UN refugee camps under new US asylum plan: report
Perhaps impressed with its recent handling of the Cuban migrant crisis, officials in the United States are eyeing Costa Rica as a possible location to establish UN refugee camps for…
Fire sale: Banco Popular lists 200 properties at up to 60 percent off, up to 100 percent financing
Costa Rica’s Banco Popular announced on Thursday the listing of 195 bank-owned properties at prices up to 60 percent off from their appraised value.…
US to expand refugee program to include Central American migrants
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said here Wednesday that the U.S. government planned to expand its Refugee Admissions Program to include immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras who…
