Staff of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Judicial Investigation Agency have carried out different proceedings in the home of a man named Arley who is suspected of having kidnapped five homeless people in Desamparados. It appears that the authorities are considering the possibility of more victims, since more complaints were received after the raids. […]
Archives for September 2017
Government keeps tax negotiations secret until meeting with Legislative Assembly
This Thursday there will be one more attempt on the part of the government to advance in the fiscal subject with the legislators of the Congress. There will be a meeting between the two groups to discuss the possibility of giving a schedule to the discussions of taxes, VAT and Income, in addition to those […]
Five legislators will be held accountable over cement case
Five legislators would be called to clarify whether they have ties or not with the questioned Chinese cement importer, Juan Carlos Bolaños, in a motion promoted by several lawmakers. The proposal will be presented this Friday to the special committee of the Legislative Assembly that investigates the possible influence peddling in the granting of $30 […]
This is how plane crash survivors were rescued in Pavas
On Tuesday morning, a plane crashed on Torres River in Pavas and this video recorded the moment of the rescue. Two people died in the crash, a Costa Rican woman and American man. The aircraft that was heading for Guanacaste. Six people were traveling from Tobias Bolaños airport. In order to deal with the emergency, […]
Costa Rica inaugurates its Embassy in Indonesia
Foreign Minister Manuel González officially inaugurated the Costa Rican Embassy in Indonesia on Wednesday, in the middle of his tour on the Asian continent. The new embassy has been in operation since July and was part of a strategy to increase cooperation and trade with this country and also with the rest of South East […]
Homicides for organized crime hit Costa Rica
A research into homicides in Costa Rica revealed that organized crime is the main factor that intensifies the violent reality in the country. On Wednesday, The Interinstitutional Technical Commission on Statistics of Coexistence and Citizen Security (Comesco) presented the Analysis of Felony Homicides Linked to Organized Crime during the period 2010-2016. The report reveals that […]