All Entries Tagged With: "bocas del torro"
Enforcement of New Immigration Law Difficult for Expats in Costa Rica
A new immigration law has taken effect and while all the provisions have yet to be enforced there are plenty of sad expat stories floating around Costa Rica. Among the nasty surprises are Perpetual Tourists who only get 30 day tourist visas in place of the customary 90 days visas. Deportation is also being ordered [...]
Body in Costa Rica Possible Link to Serial Killer
According to Don Winner an unidentified body found in 2007 under a mysterious concrete slab in Puerto Viejo may have been another victim of William Holbert, a.k.a. Wild Bill Cortez. Holbert who has confessed to Panamian authories for the murder of five people, and is suspected in other murders was active in Puerto Viejo in [...]
Wild Bill Cortez Transfered to Panama
William Dathan Holbert and Laura Michelle Reese arrived on Thursday in Panama City to face multiple homicide charges of as many as nine people in an apparent murder for property theft scheme. Many of the victims are expatriates, who according to Don Winner in Panama were lured by the prospect of selling their properties in [...]
Panama Fugitive “Wild Bill” Cortez is America’s Most Wanted
Their names are William Dathan Holbert and Laura Michelle Reese, and while they might turn out to be the Bonnie and Clyde of property theft their criminal resumes begin in the United States. Captured on the border crossing near the mouth of the Sarapiqui river by a Nicaraguan army patrol Wild Bill Cortez and his [...]
Manhunt for “Wild Bill” Cortez in Costa Rica
The real estate business is tough due to the global recession, and now one real estate speculator is on the run in Costa Rica for allegedly murdering expatriates in Panama with the motive to steal their property. The man known as William Adolfo Cortez Reese or “Wild Bill” was spotted in Turrialba a few days [...]
