In an early-morning series of raids in the province of Limón, Costa Rican police captured eight suspects in the May 31 slaying of turtle conservationist Jairo Mora. But those who worked with Mora are challenging official statements issued by Costa Rica’s top authorities in a press conference on Wednesday.
The charges date back to 2007, including one victim who alleged the pastor mutilated him during a circumcision performed to remove a demon in his penis.
After nine people died of H1N1 in Costa Rica this year, doctors are asking the sick to be "responsible" and avoid the pilgrimage to the Basílica Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles in Cartago this year.
Leftist presidents from Uruguay, Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua were all on hand to commemorate the event, along with some 10,000 Cubans and foreigners.
