Person of interest in custody after triple murder in La Fortuna
Email this page February 12th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Officials of the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) detained a man yesterday afternoon in downtown La Fortuna in San Carlos, who OIJ officials say…
CONAVI to install plastic manhole covers to prevent theft
Email this page February 8th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The National Roads Authority (CONAVI) has decided to buy plastic manhole covers in order to prevent their theft, as normal steel manhole covers…
Ex-con arrested in murder, dismemberment of 18-year-old woman
Email this page February 1st, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) An ex-con remains in custody today on suspicion of dismembering and butchering 18-year-old Joselyn Calderon Navarro, a resident of Rincon Grande de…
Former legislator, sought by INTERPOL, turns himself in
Email this page February 1st, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Former legislator Rigoberto Abarca turned himself in to the court in San Carlos on Monday, after being on the lam since December. Abarca…
Family-ran drug ring busted in Playas del Coco
Email this page January 28th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Drug Control Police (PCD) of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) dismantled this weekend a family-ran organization that allegedly sold drugs in…
Authorities confiscate nearly a ton of cocaine
Email this page January 25th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rican authorities seized 400 kilos of cocaine in a vehicle on Wednesday, and at least 500 kilos more in a boat yesterday,…
Tourist Police to receive CRC 350 million for more equipment, training
Email this page January 25th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Ministry of Public Security and the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) renewed a cooperation agreement for five years, which aims to further…
Authorities: Costa Rica is a paradise for money laundering
Email this page January 23rd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Reynaldo Velasquez, chief of the money laundering unit at the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ), told local media yesterday that Costa Rica is a…
