A few hours ago, a mechanical failure caused the train to derail near El Mayoreo Market, behind the Municipality of San José. Therefore, the road is closed in both directions, causing the services delay. According to the report of the authorities, an official from INCOFER had to receive medical attention, since she got injured in […]
Honduras has seized more than 3 tons of drugs in 2017
The authorities of Honduras have seized more than 3 tons of drugs this year, according to the spokesman of the National Inter-institutional Security Force (FUSINA), Santos Nolasco. So far in 2017, Honduran security forces have confiscated 516 kilos of cocaine in different anti-drug operations. FUSINA has also seized more than 2,727 kilos of marijuana and […]
Abelino Esquivel will try to charge ¢ 10 million to the party
Abelino Esquivel, representative of the Christian party Renovación Costarricense, assured that the party owes him 10 million colones that he will try to collect. Esquivel gave this statement when the press asked him why he did not comply with the party’s requirement of giving 5% of his legislator’s salary. The politician says that the management […]
Flames engulfed a house in Cóbano
A fire completely consumed a house in Cóbano, Puntarenas. The disaster took place in a farm near the school of San Pedro. The 50-square-meter house and 15-square-meter warehouse were completely destroyed. Apparently, the structure was uninhabited, so there were no victims of the fire, the smoke or the falling material. The emergency was taken care […]
PLN against the appointment of Ana Cristina Trejos
The head of the National Liberation Party (PLN), Maureen Clarke, fled a complaint to the Office of the Public Ethics for the appointment of the former deputy minister of housing, Ana Cristina Trejos, in the Mortgage Housing Bank (Banhvi). According to the legislator, that designation could violate the principle of probity and there may be […]
Border Police confiscated 200 vials of Ketamine
On Sunday, officers from the Border Police and the Ministry of Public Security intercepted a truck with 200 vials of Ketamine in Peñas Blancas (border with Nicaragua). This medicine generally used by veterinarians is also sold by Costa Rican drug dealers. In fact, on February 24th, the Drug Control Police (PCD) of the Ministry of […]