The Immigration Police determined that trafficker Barboza, also known as Coyote Chino, offered 3 different, national routes to illegally reach the United States. Barboza was arrested on November 16th in Pérez Zeledón and he is suspected of collecting great amounts of money from Costa Ricans who wanted to live the American dream. These were the […]

A human trafficker, who used to take Costa Ricans to the United States, was arrested due to the sinking of 3 Costa Ricans in Bahamas, which occurred in April 2015. Arturo Garbanzo and Edith Alfaro were planning to reach Florida before traveling to Pennsylvania, where their two daughters were waiting for them. On November 16th, […]

Social organizations, student groups, movements and coalitions reiterated their opposition to a 47-billion-colon cutback to the National Child Welfare Agency (PANI) budget for 2017. The decision was supported by a majority from the Finance Committee of the Legislative Assembly on October 20th According to a letter that the protest groups addressed to legislators, the cutback […]

Mannequin Challenge has invaded the world and Costa Rica is now part of it. Firefighters at Tibás station decided to do it. Cristian Sánchez, captain at the station, declared that the video was just a practice, since their goal is to make a new one in which they can use some elements to deliver a […]

Last week, the emergency services at San Juan de Dios Hospital collapsed. However, calm seems to have returned to the medical center. As reported by Andrea de la Cruz, a journalist at the medical center, the emergency service was working as usual on November 16th. There were 60 patients, which is normal at the institution, […]

Judge Pérez, involved in a case of alleged corruption at the Judiciary, was released after a change in the injunction against him. Pérez received 3 months in pre-trial detention, for apparently granting benefits to defendants in criminal cases. The official had the collaboration 2 assistant attorneys from the Criminal Court of San José and a […]