crime in costa rica

A passenger was caught in the Juan Santamaría Airport hiding $226,005 in bundles of $100 bills in the double lining of a suitcase. He was planning to fly to Panama…

Soon after a court case was opened against him, a Cuban doctor fled Costa Rica and went to Miami, in March 2018. He has since been extradited from the US…

Just a single day after receiving his license, a young man was involved in an accident that took the life of a motorcyclist. He now faces charges of culpable homicide…

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Judicial police in Costa Rica’s capital raided Roman Catholic church offices Thursday, searching for information about two priests accused of sexual abuse. The raids on…

There is a myth that one must wait 24 hours to report a missing person. Authorities state the importance of those first 24 hours and urge the public not to…

Bank fraud happening from inside prisons are seemingly impossible. Blocking the cell signal in prisons was approved last year with law number 9597 but will likely not happen until next…

Remember when, in 2015, a pigeon was bringing drugs to a jail? It was discovered in a prison courtyard with marijuana and cocaine attached to it. The bird now lives…

AP – Costa Rican authorities are hoping the arrest of 12 people allegedly involved in the September kidnapping of the owner of an internet sports betting site will lead to…