The Criminal Court of the First Judicial Circuit of San José issued three months of preventive custody against a subject named Villagra, owner of the real estate company Casas Vita, who is being investigated for alleged scams with housing projects. The information was confirmed by Mario Valverde, attorney for the victims. Villagra was preparing to […]
Archives for August 2018
Alleged serial rapist posed as a woman to contact victims
A man was arrested for posing a woman, contacting potential female victims in vulnerable conditions through social networks, and offering them fake jobs with the real purpose of raping them. With the fake profile, presumably on Facebook, the subject named Naranjo Salas earned the trust of the victims and then told them that a friend […]
Marta Solano is the new president of PAC
On Friday morning, the Citizen Action Party (PAC) chose Marta Solano as the new president of the group, after the resignation of Marcia González, who will now become the Minister of Justice. In addition, they elected the general secretary and the treasurers and deputy treasures. Solano is a lawyer and a political scientist by profession. […]
Restoration announces fierce opposition against same-sex marriage
In the heat of discussion for the fiscal crisis and now with a recent controversy on human rights, the National Restoration Party (PRN) announces an intense struggle from the Legislative Assembly for the next 18 months. Hours after the controversial ruling of the Constitutional Chamber on equal marriage, the group announced a strong opposition to […]
Presidency will convene equal marriage project
The Presidency of the Republic will convene the draft Equal Marriage Law in Congress, which is processed under file 19.852 in the Legislative Assembly. This was announced on Thursday morning by President Carlos Alvarado following the resolution of the Costitutional Chamber to declare the unconstitutional nature of paragraph 6 of Article 14 of the Family […]
Suspects of assaulting Spaniards in Rincón de La Vieja were arrested
The adventure that a group of Spanish tourists undertook to discover the paths of Rincón de la Vieja National Park ended up becoming a nightmare after they were assaulted by three hooded men with a knife in hand. The victims were stripped of items such as: cell phones, handbags, coats, a spotlight, binoculars, and cash […]