Two Men In White House Murders Face Trial
Today
Two Costa Rican men will today will begin
their trial in the murder of two women and
the attempt of a third, after ending their
shift as employees of the White House
restaurant and casino in Escazú, on October
28, 2008.
The three women were on their way home when
they were intercepted by the two men,
shooting Angie Peraza Fernández in the head,
leaving her dead on the side of the road,
while forcing Yerlin Marín Salazar and her
sister, Arelis, to their vehicle and at
gunpoint taking them to take money out of an
automated teller machine in Paseo Colón.
The two men then shot Yerlin Marín and
Arelis, dumping Yerlin's body in the area of
Belén de Heredia and the her sister Arelis
in Santa Ana.
Only Arelis was able to survive the
shooting.
The two men identified by their last names,
Mora Cantillano and Mena Jiménez, will be
sitting in the defendant's chair in
courtroom 12 of the Tribunales de San José.
A total of nine people are expected to give
testimony in the killing and attempted
killing.
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