Last year was a rough one for Costa Rica when it came to crime. No where was this more clear than the dramatic increases in homicides and…

The number of cumulative cases of violence committed against minors in Costa Rica has reached the highest figure in the last five years, according to a report…

The number of homicides in the canton of Desamparados, located south of Costa Rica's capital, has doubled in the past year, according to a report released Monday by…

The isthmus connecting North and South America continues to lead the world in murder rates, with four of the top five rates in the world in Honduras,…

Despite having only 9 percent of the world’s population, Latin America and the Caribbean register more than 30 percent of the world’s homicides, according to a security…

The central cantons of Limón and San José top the country’s cantonal crime index, according to the latest report released this week by the Peace Vice Ministry…