Bill aims to release prisoners to reduce overcrowding
Email this page April 7th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Committee on Security and Drug Trafficking of the Legislative Assembly has approved a bill to provide for the early release of prisoners…
Thieves steal three cows by stuffing them into passenger car
Email this page April 7th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Thieves stole three heifers weighing 180 kilos each by stuffing them into a stolen passenger car on Friday night in Santa Rosa de…
Failed assault on Puerto Viejo hotel leaves guard with gunshot to the face
Email this page April 1st, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) A failed assault on the Hotel Cariblue in Puerto Viejo, Limon left a guard with a gunshot wound to the face on Sunday…
Nicaragua officials arrest top FBI fugitive
Email this page April 1st, 2014 (ISH) Nicaraguan authorities have arrested an alleged Salvadoran gang member on the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list,…
Man wanted in Texas for operating prostitution ring captured in Costa Rica
Email this page March 31st, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Joshua Louis Edwards, a 24-year-old Texas man who disappeared last year before his sentencing for running a prostitution ring out of a day…
Russian jailed in Liberty Reserve case extradited to the United States
Email this page March 28th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Maxim Chukharev, a Ukranian and Russian citizen and Costa Rican resident who had remained jailed in Costa Rica pending extradition to the United…
Costa Rica, Central America join forces to combat narco-trafficking
Email this page By Rene Novoa March 26th, 2014 (ISH) Central America has joined forces to stop organized crime and narco-trafficking. Since January 2014, the heads of the countries’ legal systems…
Police officer arrested for organ trafficking to turn star witness
Email this page March 25th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Maureen Cordero Solano, a police officer who was arrested for her role in an organ trafficking ring, will turn star witness against her…
