Violent home invasion suspects have been arrested 50 times
Email this page July 15th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Law enforcement officials in Ciudad Colón and Santa Ana reported the capture of three home invasion suspects who attempted to assault a home…
Eight OIJ agents under arrest after removing prisoner’s handcuffs so they could fistfight
Email this page July 15th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Eight officers of the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) and a prison guard were arrested last Thursday after a video emerged which showed one…
Central America is the most violent region in the world – SICA
Email this page July 12th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Central America continues to experience steady growth in poverty and violence, according to the “State of the Region” report issued by the Central…
Authorities shut down bar in Liberia where trafficking victims forced to have sex with clients
Email this page July 12th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Immigration police arrested five people yesterday who apparently subjected women to forced sexual exploitation in a bar in Liberia. Police arrested five…
Costa Rica makes strides to fight money laundering
Email this page Costa Rica’s Institute on Drugs, which coordinates counter-narcotics policy, said in May it had examined 302 reports of suspicious financial transactions made during the previous year. By…
73-year-old U.S. man beaten, shot in Puntarenas vacation home (VIDEO)
Email this page July 11th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Gary Lee, a 73 year-old U.S. citizen from Yuma, Arizona, was brutally attacked and shot when intruders burst into his vacation home in…
Environmentalist in Costa Rica’s Southern Zone says he was shot at
Email this page July 10th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Alcides Arce Araya, an environmentalist in Osa, reported that he was shot at by hunters on Sunday. According to Arce, the incident took…
Costa Rican authorities nab three Colombian drug traffickers and 310 kilos of cocaine
Email this page July 8th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rican authorities arrested three Colombians and seized 310 kilos of cocaine after intercepting a speedboat on the country’s Pacific coast, official sources…
