A bill that would allow the National Coast Guard Service to donate the boats and other naval assets seized from the organized crime advances in the Legislative Assembly. The Security and Narcotrafficking Commission affirmed the initiative that was presented by legislator Marco Vinicio Redondo, from the Citizen Action Party (PAC). The National Coast Guard Service […]
Archives for November 14, 2017
Criminal analyst of the OIJ joined the cementazo commission
María del Carmen Vargas, forensic analyst at the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), joined the work of the special committee of the Legislative Assembly that investigates the cementazo. The official joined the team of advisers and legislators last Thursday and works full time, according to the legislator of the National Liberation Party (PLN), Ronny Monge, president […]
639 senior citizens were abandoned in the last two years
Between 2015 and 2016 a total of 639 senior citizens were abandoned by their families in Costa Rica. Vacation season registers the peak of abandonment cases. According to the National Council of the Elderly (Conapam), when relatives want to leave these people they resort to various techniques, including leaving them in public places, overmedicate them […]
Sunday’s earthquake claimed three victims
Three people died after the strong earthquake that shook the national territory on Sunday night in Jacó, Garabito. Carlos Hidalgo, spokesman of the Ministry of Public Security (MSP) reported that the last confirmed deceased was a 25-year-old surnamed Zúñiga Chinchilla, who died in Coronado. The man was a resident of Cascajal de Coronado and according […]
Climate change doubles the number of threatened natural sites in the world
Climate change has doubled the number of natural heritage sites that are threatened with extinction, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which called for “urgent” measures on Monday. Of the 241 natural sites classified as Unesco World Heritage, 62 are now threatened by climate change compared to 35 in 2014 […]
Guatemalan national wanted to leave the country with 22 kilos of cocaine
A Guatemalan man was arrested on Sunday while trying to leave Costa Rica with 22 kilos of cocaine in a van through Peñas Blancas. Officials of the Drug Control Police (PCD) of the Ministry of Public Security intercepted the van and found the drugs hidden under the floor, in a metal structure attached to the […]