CIMA Hospital receives bomb threat
Email this page April 24th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A bomb threat was received yesterday afternoon at CIMA Hospital in Escazu, forcing staff and authorities to take emergency measures. According to…
Protest over lack of drinking water turns violent, six people arrested
Email this page April 24th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Six people were arrested during the evening hours of Monday and early Tuesday morning, after protests by residents of the San Francisco community…
Former Costa Rican president denies having received drug money
Email this page April 23rd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Former President of Costa Rica, Luis Alberto Monge, denies that he received $2 million from drug kingpins to fund the final phase of…
Nicaragua arrests American child-porn suspect on FBI’s Most Wanted list
Email this page April 23rd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Nicaraguan officials have detained Eric Justin Toth, a child-porn suspect and one of the FBI’s ten most wanted fugitives. Authorities in Nicaragua…
Family asks for public’s help in possible hit-and-run of young girl
Email this page April 22nd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A 13-year-old girl appeared injured on April 16th at about 6:30pm on the Braulio Carrillo highway in San Miguel de Santo Domingo de…
Prosecutors ask to dismiss charges against U.S. citizen accused of abusing children
Email this page April 19th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Public Prosecutor in Orotina has asked a judge to dismiss the case against a U.S. citizen identified by the last name of…
Two men arrested for stealing 10 vehicles via classified ads
Email this page April 19th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Ten people, over the course of just a few days, fell victim to two men who responded to classified ads of vehicles for…
Only 12.8% of cars stolen in Costa Rica are ever recovered
Email this page April 16th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) recovered only 12.8% of all the vehicles that were stolen in 2011 and 2012, and does not have…
