A series of videos recorded by the American scientist Vincent Lossaso became viral on social networks. The recordings made in Costa Rica by the biologist and his wife Lindsay have been viralized for a couple of days in international media. The couple performs a mission in the country to register wildlife and has focused on […]
Judge releases Americans who carried $644 thousand dollars in briefcases
The Criminal Court of Alajuela released the two Americans suspected of the crime of capitalization and also investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for being part of a powerful international drug trafficking network. As confirmed yesterday morning by the press office of the Public Ministry, the court rejected the request made by the Deputy […]
DEA: Americans arrested in Costa Rica are linked to narc network
The two Americans arrested last Thursday with nearly $650,000 attempting to leave Costa Rica would belong to a powerful criminal network of international drug trafficking. This was confirmed to CRHoy.com by a source in the Administration for Drug Control (DEA). According to DEA research reports, Collin Andrew Skees and Benjamin Edward Howze, 25 and 40, […]
Cementazo’s new chapter will be released on Friday
On December 6th, we will know if the Chinese cement importer, Juan Carlos Bolaños, will continue with an electronic ankle bracelet or if he will return to prison. The information was corroborated by Fernando Vargas, Bolaños’ lawyer, in a telephone interview with CRHoy.com. The Public Prosecutor’s Office requested on Tuesday that Bolaños return to pretrial […]
Epsy Campbell: “The technical norm for abortion will be signed this year”
Nearly a month before the end of 2019, President-in-Office Epsy Campbell said the technical abortion standard will be signed this year. This was reported after a meeting with Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who is visiting Costa Rica. The technical norm for therapeutic abortion is the regulation necessary for gynecologists and […]
Legislators ask the President not to sign technical norm on abortion
Several legislators believe that if the draft for the technical standard on therapeutic abortion in the country is signed, President Carlos Alvarado would be interfering with the powers of the Legislative Assembly. This was stated during the massive demonstration “provida” held this Sunday in Second Avenue, San José. The first to point out this was […]