An open letter from an American man in Costa Rican prison
Email this page June 24th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Editor’s Note: The following is the full text of an open letter submitted to Inside Costa Rica on Monday on behalf of U.S.…
American owners of 16 properties accuse Italian man of property fraud
Email this page June 23rd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) The owners of 16 cattle farms totaling 223 hectares in Cabanga de Guatuso, Alajuela, have filed fraud charges against Michel Popeo, an Italian…
Authorities rescue 17 “sex slaves” in San Carlos
Email this page June 23rd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Judicial police raided a bar in San Carlos yesterday, rescuing 17 women who authorities described as “sex slaves” and arrested the owners of…
How Costa Rica and the U.S. are working together to fight narco-trafficking
Email this page By Mario Garita June 23rd, 2014 (ISH) Costa Rica’s Coast Guard Service and the Judicial Investigation Organization seized 4,143 kilograms of cocaine on June 11 in a joint…
Man arrested for child sex at World Cup appears to be Costa Rican politican
Email this page June 19th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) A Costa Rican tourist surnamed Ulate, 56, who was arrested yesterday in the city of Natal in Brazil for allegedly hiring a 16-year-old…
Alleged Nicaraguan narco-trafficker arrested in Costa Rica
Email this page June 19th, 2014 (ISH) Costa Rican authorities have arrested Agustín Reyes Aragón, the alleged leader of the Nicaraguan narco-trafficking gang known as “Los Tarzanes,” Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation…
FBI leads authorities to alleged leader of child porn network in Costa Rica
Email this page June 18th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) After a series of raids conducted by authorities in Panama, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States received information which…
Organized crime responsible for most homicides in Central America
The increase in violent deaths in Central America, especially in the countries of the Northern Tier, is largely the result of the rivalries between organized crime and drug-trafficking groups, according…
