Crimes such as illegal logging, timber extraction in forests and private or state lands tend to increase during December and January. According to the Environmental Agrarian Prosecutor’s Office of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, in most cases, organized crime is behind these activities. José Pablo González, deputy prosecutor of that office, believes that a very common […]
Archives for January 2, 2019
OIJ needs more staff to face crime wave that hits the country
In 2018, there were 585 homicides in the country, many of them linked to drug trafficking and retaliation. That is just one of the aspects analyzed by the Judicial Investigation Agency, which requires at least 325 more agents to face the level of criminality. This was stated by Walter Espinoza, director of the entity in […]
2018 figures: 32 tons of confiscated cocaine and 146 disarticulated gangs
Last year, the police authorities of the Ministry of Public Security managed to exceed the record in terms of drug seizures and disarticulation of criminal structures. From January 1st, 2006 to December 27th, 2018, the Drug Control Police (PCD) dismantled 1,436 organizations: 291 of these were international and 1,145 were local, with 373 defined as […]
Authorities found body of missing man in Lake Arenal
On Monday night, a boat overturn in Arenal Lake was reported. A middle-aged man fell to the water and went missing. On Tuesday, the Red Cross reported that they had found the man’s body without vital signs. At the time of the accident, the man was traveling alone on the boat, apparently a strong swell […]
Coast guards rescued injured tourist
A young man identified as 29-year-old Yilvin Navarrete practiced a water sport at Playa Dantita, Cabo Velas district of Santa Cruz Guanacaste, when he injure his left ankle. The Coast Guard officers immediately went to the place and assisted the subject. The man was transferred aboard the vessel GC 32-2 to the Coastguard Station of […]
Several tourists almost drowned in Manuel Antonio
Marcela Vargas was enjoying Manuel Antonio beach with her family when the current dragged her nine-year-old daughter Mariana Barrantes. Fortunately, Coast Guard officers managed to save her on Sunday. Visibly shaken, Vargas said that she and her husband are swimmers in open waters, but that they could not do anything for their child. They are […]