On Sunday, the security forces found a new mechanism for people trafficking in the South. Agents who held a checkpoint at La Gamba de Golfito intercepted a truck and checked the box to find 6 Cubans hiding between gas cylinders. These people had irregular migratory condition. Apparently, they would have paid about $1,000 to enter […]

Since Sunday, the entrance to the Poás and Rincón de La Vieja volcanoes is closed due to falling trees on trails. Wálter Fonseca, chief of operations of the National Emergency Commission (CNE), said that these were preventive closures were and that it is unknown when they will reopen. Catalina Quesada, acting administrator of Poás Volcano, […]

The residents of Llano Grande de Cartago finally receive good news: the bridge that connects the area with Rancho Redondo in Goicoechea could be ready in a month. The problems in the area began in last November, when the CONAVI decided to close the bridge since they believe it was dangerous. A group of neighbors […]

On Monday morning, the Fire Department received 30 reports of falling trees, and short circuits in various sectors due to strong winds. Dayanne Contreras, from the Central Communications Department of the entity, reported that they are handling emergencies in Turrialba, Zarcero, Talamanca, Santo Domingo de Heredia and Pacayas in Cartago. However, there are no people […]

Article 28 of the Criminal Code established that a person can be exonerated for any offense committed in self-defense or to defend other people from an unjustified aggression, even if the aggressor end up dead. Self-defense is now in the public eye due to recent cases: the homicide of a thief by an agent of […]