A 23-year-old young man opened a small stand in Los Yoses. His goal was to collect $ 800 to afford the plane ticket to London, England, and compete against 19 other experts in the coffee-making technique. But he did not sell cups of coffee, he gave them away. In exchange, he asked for a voluntary […]

The Criminal Court of Pérez Zeledón released, without any measure, the 4-year-old girl’s relatives, who tied and tortured her at home. the criteria used to make that decision was their extraofficial detention, as well as the participation of PANI in the minor’s care. The decision was announced on March 9th by the communication department of […]

After being threatened and seeing how the crime claimed her cousin’s life, a Colombian woman decided to flee illegally with her 4-year-old daughter to Costa Rica in December 2013. Since then, they have been involved in judicial processes which apparently ended in February. In 2016 a Court of Justice ordered the girl to return to […]

On Friday morning, two officers from the Public Force were arrested for unknown reasons. Officials from the Press Office of the Ministry of Public Security (MSP) assured that they had no more details about the arrest or the causes of it. Both men had 7 years of service in the institution and worked in El […]

Without hiding his concern, minister of Security Gustavo Mata affirmed that the police is prepared and ready to keep fighting against organized crime. In the last two weeks, several Central Americans who have entered Costa Rica by air and by land have been detained with large amounts of money, as well as drugs. authorities’ timely […]

Through its website, the US embassy warned American citizens of the Costa Rica’s dangers and the assaults and robberies tourists have been victims of. Crime is increasing in Costa Rica and US citizens are frequent victims, states the first part of the information posted on the web. Authorities also offer details of some of the “most […]