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Costa Rica’s Priciest Airbnb Tops $23,000 for Thanksgiving Weekend

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Costa Rica Searches Guácimo Farm for the Bodies of 10 Missing People

Investigators searched seven homes on a Guácimo farm linked to the Coco Guácimo network after tips that at least 10 missing people may be buried there.
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