Fisherman executed off Costa Rica’s Pacific coast; drug traffickers or pirates suspected
A 62-year-old fisherman was shot in the head and his body dumped at sea while fishing offshore near the area of Cabuya, Puntarenas after being intercepted by attackers in…
Woman to again face Costa Rica court on shark finning charges
A Puntarenas businesswoman of Taiwanese origin will once again head to Costa Rica’s criminal courts on charges of illegal shark finning, after the woman was previously acquitted of the same…
Gangs and police engage in the battle for El Salvador
In May alone, more than 411 people, an average of 21 a day, were murdered in El Salvador. The country’s forensics institute, the Institute of Legal Medicine, reported the total…
Costa Rican immigration officials arrested for selling visa stamps to “perpetual tourists”
May 22nd, 2015 (InsideCostaRica.com) The head of the Costa Rican immigration office in Sixaola, on the Panama border, as well as another immigration official in the same office, were arrested…
Nine police officers sentenced for robbing drug traffickers of cocaine in illegal raids
Nine police officers who formerly worked in the Coronado, Moravia, Escazu and Goicoechea precincts were sentenced to between 15 and 28 years in prison for conducting illegal and unauthorized raids…
Venezuelan president Maduro defends top official against drug allegations
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro is rushing to the defense of his government’s second-in-command, who is reportedly facing a U.S. investigation over drug trafficking allegations. Maduro announced a national defense campaign…
Authorities dismantle major drug trafficking ring in Guanacaste in 18 raids
Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) yesterday dismantled an international drug trafficking organization operating in Guanacaste in a series of 18 coordinated raids involving 150 police throughout Guanacaste and the…
Body of 11-year-old boy, 9-year-old sister found; suspect arrested
The Costa Rican Red Cross has discovered in Upala the lifeless body of an 11-year-old boy, along with his 9-year-old sister, who is alive but with severe injuries and suffering…
