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German Resident Found Killed on Guanacaste Farm as OIJ Investigates

A German woman who lived in Costa Rica was found dead with stab wounds inside a farmhouse in the canton of Santa Cruz, and...

Debate Reignited Over Ayahuasca as Shamans Face Arrest in Mexico

Wearing a necklace of jaguar fangs and a green feather headdress, shaman Claudino Perez is back home in Colombia overseeing an ayahuasca ceremony after...

Costa Rican Police Arrest 10 in Sagrada Familia Raids

Costa Rican police have arrested ten people in the Sagrada Familia sector of San José, following eleven raids carried out by the Narcotics Section...

The Battle for Drug Routes in Costa Rica: Sinaloa, Jalisco and Colombian Traffickers Compete

The United Nations Global Cocaine Report has revealed that the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels, along with Colombian drug traffickers, are competing for...

Police in Costa Rica protest over fewer days off for anti-crime operation

Several demonstrations of off-duty police officers took place on Thursday in Costa Rica in protest against the reduction of rest hours imposed by the...

Murderer of Costa Rican Indigenous Leader Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison

Juan Varela Rojas was sentenced to 22 years in prison for the murder of Brörán de Térraba indigenous leader Jehry Rivera in February 2020. The...

Alleged Leader of MS-13 gang from El Salvador captured in Costa Rica

Costa Rican authorities arrested on Friday a Salvadoran man who they identified as the alleged "leader" of a clique (cell) of the MS-13 gang...

Autistic child assaulted at a Costa Rican school

A 10-year-old boy was assaulted at the Tranquilino Saenz Rojas School in Santa Barbara de Heredia by one of his classmates, on Tuesday. The...

Jill Biden learns about Costa Rica’s Sembremos Seguridad Project

Jill Biden, First Lady of the United States, visited the Alajuelita canton on Monday to learn about the progress of “Sembremos Seguridad”, a drug...

Costa Rica to Punish Hate Crimes with up to 35 years in Prison

Costa Rica will punish "hate crimes" with prison sentences of between 20 and 35 years crimes according to a law enacted Monday and welcomed...

From Target to Enforcer: Honduras Minister Vows ‘surgical’ Cartel Fight

Forced into hiding after targeting a drug cartel with alleged ties to the then-government, Honduras's hounded police chief-turned interior minister has vowed to extract...

7 People in Costa Rica Found Dead with Shots to the Head

7 people were found dead Wednesday with gunshots to the head in Limon, Costa Rica's Caribbean province, authorities said, in an apparent dispute between...

Knife Assaults account for 15 percent of homicides in Costa Rica

Unfortunately, crime is increasing in Costa Rica and tourists are frequent victims.  While petty theft is the main problem, armed robberies have been known...

English authorities seize 1.2 tons of Cocaine from Costa Rica

Over 70 officers in England were involved in an operation allegedly using a shipment of bananas from Costa Rica to disguise a significant quantity...
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Costa Rica Earthquake Near Orosi Followed by 60 Aftershocks

OVSICORI-UNA revised Friday night's Cartago earthquake to magnitude 5.0 at 8 km depth near Orosi and counted 60 aftershocks between 8:16 p.m. Friday and 5:00 a.m. Saturday.

Costa Rica Immigration Outage Hits San Jose Airport a Second Time

A failure in judicial branch systems forced manual immigration processing at Juan Santamaría on Saturday, cancelling one flight and causing 36 passengers to miss a JetBlue departure.

Chris Hemsworth Shares Terrifying Costa Rica Flight

Chris Hemsworth has shared frightening footage from a small-plane flight during his family vacation in Costa Rica, showing lightning flashing outside the aircraft as...

Costa Rica’s Alondra Ortiz Wins Gold in 200-Meter Butterfly

Costa Rican swimmer Alondra Ortiz won the women’s 200-meter butterfly at the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games, delivering the first swimming gold medal...