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The US Pentagon’s latest missing missile lands in Cuba

Nobody has ever bragged about Pentagon efficiency, but even so it's been an embarrassing stretch for anyone trying to defend the Defense Department's logistics lapses and profligate ways.

Police raid shops, Public Security Ministry offices in gunrunning investigation

Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) on Tuesday raided 12 locations – including some Public Security Ministry units – as part of an ongoing gunrunning investigation allegedly connected to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, according to statements from the OIJ and MSP.
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Costa Rica University Students Protest Proposed Funding Freeze

Students from Costa Rica’s public universities marched through San José yesterday protesting a government proposal that would keep university funding essentially flat in 2027...

Costa Rica Targets Wildlife Trafficking With New Tourist Campaign

Costa Rica has started a new campaign warning travelers not to remove wildlife, plants or other natural specimens after officials confiscated 4,366 animal and...

Court Frees Wife of Pecho de Rata as Prosecutors Appeal

A Limon judge rejected a request to jail the wife of extradited trafficking suspect Edwin Lopez Vega for a year, imposing a travel ban instead. Prosecutors have appealed.

Two Pococí Judges and a Judicial Agent Detained in Diablo Probe

Prosecutors say two judges and a judicial agent from the Pococí courts are suspected of bribery and procuring impunity for a drug trafficking group between 2023 and 2026.