Staffer at Costa Rica’s secretive intelligence agency charged with providing sensitive info to narco group linked to homicide
A staffer at Costa Rica’s secretive Directorate of Intelligence and National Security (DIS) was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of providing “sensitive information” to a narco-trafficking group linked to a May,…
Tips, quick action by authorities leads to four arrests in execution-style killing in Parrita
Quick action by authorities led to the Tuesday arrest of four suspects believed to be responsible for the weekend execution-style killing of a man whose body was found half buried…
Body of man killed execution-style found half-buried in Parrita beach
The body of a man that was apparently killed execution-style was found half buried on a beach in Parrita, Puntarenas Sunday morning.…
Newly released video of El Chapo’s escape sheds light on response
The guards at the Altiplano maximum-security prison in central Mexico took 26 minutes to notice that Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman had escaped even though loud banging noises were audible…
Swiss green-light extradition to US of former Nicaraguan FIFA official Rocha
Former FIFA official Julio Rocha can be extradited to the United States and then to his native Nicaragua as part of a probe into corruption in football, the Swiss Federal…
Security minister calls for immediate action against organized crime as death toll mounts
Security minister Gustavo Mata on Tuesday called for immediate action and a change in strategy to combat organized crime in Costa Rica, amidst a growing wave of homicides involving organized…
Costa Rica’s capital city is becoming a war zone (VIDEO)
San Jose, it seems, is turning into a warzone, and authorities seem unable to do much about it, by their own admission.…
Two men arrested with more than 300 sea turtle eggs in Guanacaste
Coast Guard officials on a night patrol of the Junquillal beach in Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, arrested two men Friday night who where in possession of 315 protected sea turtle eggs.…
