On June 30th, Limón’s Criminal Court condemned six men and three women for drug trafficking. All of them were sentenced to eight years in prison. They were under extreme security measures. These people were members of a gang known as La Luisa, which sold marijuana and cocaine in a house and a bunker in Quinto […]
Preventive detention to migrant smugglers
The Criminal Court of Aguirre, in Quepos, issued five months of preventive detention against two men named Arce and Santos. They were captured last Tuesday for the crime of migrant smuggling, known as coyotaje. Subjects were arrested in a huge operation against human trafficking and migrant smuggling conducted by the Associate office of public prosecutor, […]
Forensic services in the near future
In the Legislative Assembly, Puntarenas Especial Commission debated the possibility of providing a forensic medicine service in the South Area of the country. By doing so, users wouldn’t have to travel to San Joaquín de Flores in Heredia. Zarela Villanueva, president of the Supreme Court, said that the Judiciary and The Organismo de Investigación Judicial […]
Abuse of police authority against sex-workers
Since 2015, transgender, sex-worker women have filed 14 complaints against officers for abuse of authority. According to La Defensoría de los Habitantes, 12 accusations involve Public Force officers, 1 is against El Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) and the last one is against the local police. Transgender women assured that officers often ignore their emergencies, […]
Lawyers keep failing Bar Association’s exam
Newly graduated lawyers keep failing the Academic Excellence exam, which is applied by the Bar Association to approve lawyers’ incorporation. Only 26% of the participants achieved 80, the minimum score. In August 2015, the Association changed Ethic examination for an Academic Excellence exam with the aim of raising quality standards. However, after 10 months and […]
No more tax privileges
Members of the Financial Affairs Committee endorsed a bill that eliminates tax privileges to the real estate developers’ investment funds. The initiative aims to an 8% income tax on all yields from investment funds, instead of the current 5%. However, according to Paulina Ramírez from Partido de Liberación Nacional (PLN), investment fund’s earnings from housing, media […]