Arrests of two bank tellers, charged with laundering ¢96 million ($194,726) in drug money are being credited to an advanced monitoring system, setup by the Banco de Costa Rica (BCR). The system uses real-time, high resolution cameras, which are linked to computers that monitor bank transactions. The bank tellers were caught making small deposits into […]

Police have made two arrests in the case of a sixty year old attorney who was kidnapped, bound, beaten and left for dead on a banana plantation in Pococí. Arrests of the two men, (17 and 34) came after police followed up a tip to check a blue Hyundai. Officers chased the car with four […]

Prostrate in the driver’s seat, covered in blood and with no vital signs, was found the body of American Steven Rutkiewics, age 41 by the tourist police in Brasilito, Guanacaste on Sunday. The body was found in a Nissan Tiida, parked in front of the Don Brasilito bar. Rutkiewics is said to have lived in […]

The Philharmonic Orchestra will begin the 2014 season in February with a line up of orchestral 80s music to include Pink Floyd, Toto, Phill Collins, Journey, Chicago, The Police, Lionel Richie, Toto, Bryan Adams, Bon Jovi, and Irene Cara. Presentations will take place on February 28th, March 1st, and March 2nd at the Theatre Melico […]

A Nicaraguan national accused of extorting the former Minister of Youth, Karina Bolaños was arrested on Thursday. Bolaños has accused him of removing the intimate video from her computer, in the home which she had shared with her now ex-husband and member of the legislature. Bolaños has denied having an affair with him, but photos […]

According to the National Seismological Network, a magnitude 4.6 quake shook Varablance, Heredia on Sunday at 4:52pm. The quake was felt throughout the nation and was caused by the subduction of the Cocos plate. Original Article in crhoy.com