Security professionals displayed their wares during the AMERIPOL conference on Wednesday, including an usual toilet that collects, cleans and bags evidence hidden, well, you know where.
A leisure activity for vacationing families and middle-aged couples has morphed into a punishing event, where competitors go long distances for a shot at a world title.
As police from across the Americas met for AMERIPOL's annual conference in Escazú, a United Nations report said that 1 million people lost their lives to violence linked to organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean during the last decade.
Experts suspect red tide, but even that is an uncertainty. What is known is that the region's environmental agencies are not prepared to deal with the mass deaths of endangered sea turtles.
Despite a growing economy, strong exports and a better quality of life for Ticos, experts warn about the growing pains associated with a widening inequality gap in Costa Rica.
