Archives for December 2017

According to Michael Soto, head of the Office of Plans and Operations of the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), all Central American countries reported a decrease in homicides during 2017, except Costa Rica. Although Costa Rica reports 600 homicides that are very far from the 3,700 cases registered in Guatemala, the situation is worrisome for the […]

More than 112 thousand marijuana plants planted in the Southern Zone were eradicated in recent days by the Drug Control Police (PCD) of the Ministry of Public Security (MSP). The plantations were distributed in an area of 15 lots in a space of 10.7 thousand square meters. So far this year, 1,945,912 marijuana plants have […]

What to do with Christmas tree once the holidays are over? There are still people who don’t know how to get rid of it. Throw it in the trash along with other waste, burn it or leave it on public roads, are some of the most common practices, but not the most appropriate. If you […]

Some 26,000 doses of ecstasy were sent from Germany to Costa Rica through an airmail package. The press office of the Ministry of Public Security (MSP) reported that the shipment -made through a private company- was removed by a man named Torres, who was arrested as part of the investigation. That amount is translated into […]

Abdelkader Benali Mohamedi, also known as ‘El Laca’, is a well-known drug trafficker who sent cocaine to Europe in Costa Rican pineapples. Benali, arrested last week in Andalusia, is designated by the National Police of Spain as the brain of a powerful family organization for drug trafficking and with a broad power in North Africa. […]

Two men, an adult and a child, were dragged by the currents of the sea on Wednesday, according to an official report from the Communications Department of the Red Cross. The victims were in the vicinity of Corozalito Beach on the south coast of the Canton of Nandayure, in the province of Guanacaste. According to […]