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Violence picks up in Central America after brief truce due to COVID-19

The Tico Times - August 24, 2020

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Government announces increased security measures to curb recent crime wave

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Salvadoran man deported from United States suspected in murder at San José hotel

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Fourth cyclist victim of hit-and-run dies

Violence picks up in Central America after brief truce due to COVID-19

The Tico Times - August 24, 2020

The corpses in bags and under sheets reappeared on the streets of the Honduran capital, marking a spike in violence that affects northern Central America after a truce due to isolation to contain COVID-19 infections.

Government announces increased security measures to curb recent crime wave

L. Arias - May 18, 2017

President Luis Guillermo Solís said he is outraged by a shooting at the entrance of a school that left two people dead and a six-year-old wounded.

Salvadoran man deported from United States suspected in murder at San José hotel

The Tico Times - April 4, 2017

The Salvadoran man was deported from Los Angeles, California in September of 2016, and entered Costa Rica a few days later.

Fourth cyclist victim of hit-and-run dies

L. Arias - March 21, 2017

The cyclist remained at Calderón Guardia Hospital in downtown San José in serious condition after the accident.

Public Security Ministry to build police station in Puerto Viejo

L. Arias - March 14, 2017

The Public Security Ministry also doubled the number of National Police officers in the Cahuita district who are patrolling the Caribbean town around the clock.

Canadian tourist stabbed to death on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast

L. Arias - March 6, 2017

The man was was apparently on his way to the beach, interested in taking photographs of the sunrise.

Accused serial killer ‘Wild Bill’ Holbert asks forgiveness for murders of U.S. expats

The Tico Times - February 20, 2017

Accused serial killer William "Wild Bill" Holbert asked Panamanians to forgive him for his murders because, he said, he only killed expats, rather than citizens of Panama.

UPDATED: Police capture suspect in Liberia murders of five students, find key evidence in raids

The Tico Times - February 3, 2017

OIJ agents detained a suspect Friday morning that they say is connected to the January massacre of five students in Liberia, Costa Rica.

Slaughter of five students in Liberia was likely done by one suspect, says OIJ director

The Tico Times - January 23, 2017

The massacre of five university students in Liberia, Guanacaste was most likely done by just one actor, according to Costa Rica's OIJ.

Five students brutally murdered in Liberia

The Tico Times - January 19, 2017

Five university students were murdered in a small apartment in Liberia, Guanacaste in Costa Rica Thursday morning. Another was in critical condition in a local hospital as of Thursday night.

Costa Rica suffered through most violent year on record in 2016

The Tico Times - January 3, 2017

The amount of deaths from homicides and traffic accidents rose again last year, breaking Costa Rican records for both categories.

Arrests made in case of murdered Dutch couple and laborer

The Tico Times - December 1, 2016

OIJ officials say they've solved the January case of a Dutch couple and Nicaraguan laborer who were found brutally murdered on their Puntarenas farm.

Public Security minister says he’ll resign if not given more funds for policing

L. Arias - October 4, 2016

Costa Rica's National Police force currently has some 14,000 officers. Public Security Ministry Gustavo Mata says there should be at least 18,000.

US man shot, killed outside Jacó club

The Tico Times - September 28, 2016

A 38-year-old U.S. man was killed in the Pacific beach town of Jacó outside of a club early Wednesday morning, according to the Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ).