All Entries Tagged With: "crime"
Immigration Plan to Restrict Mexican Nationals
The Costa Rican government is considering a plan to restrict entry to tourists from Mexico and Guatemala following the crash of a cocaine laden plane on takeoff from Tobias Bolaños airport in Pavas last week. The Piper Cherokee was discovered to be carrying 177 kilos of cocaine in its fuel tanks, and the added weight [...]
President Chinchilla Affirms Challenge of Crime in Central America
Last night President Chinchilla received the torch in Cartago and affirmed the struggle for security and stability in a Latin America filled with violence and organized crime. The “Antorcha” as it is known symbolizes the message of independence from Spain that spread from Mexico in 1821. We live in a difficult moment because drugs and [...]
Formal Charges in Costa Rica Against Alleged Expat Killer
A formal complaint against William Dathan Holbert and Laura Michelle Reese for the murder of Wisconsin Attorney Jeffery A. Kline has been filed with prosecutors in Costa Rica. The complainant is Don Winner, an expatriate journalist from Panama, and he came to Costa Rica this past week and provided sworn statements, documents and other evidence [...]
Expat Serial Killer Arrived in Costa Rica on Cruise Ship
William Dathan Holbert and Laura Michelle Reese arrived in Costa Rica via the port of Limon on a Cruise ship in 2006, and the body found under a mysterious concrete slab in Puerto Viejo is fugitive attorney Jeffery A. Kline. Many of the details of this story have been reconstructed recently by Don Winner in [...]
Teen Pregnancy in Costa Rica 50% Higher than United States
On average 41 teenage women per day learn they are pregnant in Costa Rica, and relative to population this represents a rate 50% higher than the United States. In a sobering video interview by Teletica several pregnant teens, aged 14 through 16 explain how they plan to finish school, find a job and care for [...]
Possible Identification of Costa Rica Victim
The body discovered under a mysterious concrete slab in Puerto Viejo in 2007 is now believed to be a Wisconsin attorney Jeffery A. Kline who was on the run for failure to pay child support. According to Don Winner expats Stacie and Allen Duckworth who narrowly Escaped Wild Bil Cortez in Jaco picked up documents [...]
Expat Escaped Wild Bill Cortez in Jaco
Living in a foreign country has a tendency to draw expatriates together, especially in business relationships that have an element of friendship. Of course when an expat friend cuts and dyes his hair to match your appearance and gets increasingly involved in business affairs a person has to be careful. Keep in mind that many details can come [...]
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 [...]
Criminal Impunity on the Rise in 2009
The year 2009 represented the most widespread impunity in Costa Rica according to statistics released by a group of Costa Rican lawyers. Less than 5% who reported a crime in Costa Rica last year resolved their cases through the national court system. A total of 231,171 reported complainants saw their aggressors mock justice in Costa [...]
Pilgrimage to Cartago Draws Half the Country
Costa Rican president Laura Chinchilla was among the faithful in the Annual Pilgrimage to Cartago. The event drew an estimated 2 million people, roughly half the country, and has been a national tradition on since 1781. President Chinchilla arrived at the basilica in Cartago late in the afternoon, knelt before the alter of the Virgen [...]
