At 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, Tibás Firefighters received an emergency call indicating that a coral snake was in a house in Don Pedro Residences in Moravia. According to the communications department, the owners of the house called the authorities when they noticed the presence of the snake in the courtyard of the property and feared […]
Archives for March 10, 2017
The Criminal Court of Pérez Zeledón released the 4-year-old girl’s relatives
The Criminal Court of Pérez Zeledón released, without any measure, the 4-year-old girl’s relatives, who tied and tortured her at home. the criteria used to make that decision was their extraofficial detention, as well as the participation of PANI in the minor’s care. The decision was announced on March 9th by the communication department of […]
A Colombian woman’s nightmare has come to an end
After being threatened and seeing how the crime claimed her cousin’s life, a Colombian woman decided to flee illegally with her 4-year-old daughter to Costa Rica in December 2013. Since then, they have been involved in judicial processes which apparently ended in February. In 2016 a Court of Justice ordered the girl to return to […]
What have women done for Costa Rica?
Eight Costa Rican women with eight different stories and struggles, in the same documentary. If you ask yourself what has been the contribution of women in the history of Costa Rica, this is just a brushstroke of what they have achieved. In the framework of International Women’s Day, the Government launched a 52-minute documentary that […]
Two Public Force officers were arrested
On Friday morning, two officers from the Public Force were arrested for unknown reasons. Officials from the Press Office of the Ministry of Public Security (MSP) assured that they had no more details about the arrest or the causes of it. Both men had 7 years of service in the institution and worked in El […]
Mata: “we are ready to keep fighting organized crime”
Without hiding his concern, minister of Security Gustavo Mata affirmed that the police is prepared and ready to keep fighting against organized crime. In the last two weeks, several Central Americans who have entered Costa Rica by air and by land have been detained with large amounts of money, as well as drugs. authorities’ timely […]