Among other reasons, the tribunal noted that the claim “failed to properly and precisely describe the alleged errors incurred” by judges in Jairo Mora murder's first trial.
The Society for Conservation Biology created the Jairo Mora Sandoval Award to raise awareness about the sometimes fatal risks that conservationists take to protect the environment.
A video of young men merrily dragging a live sea turtle behind a car in Costa Rica went viral after well-known environmental lawyer Álvaro Sagot posted...
On Tuesday at 2 p.m. a Limón court is expected to decide the fate of seven suspects in the killing of sea turtle conservationist Jairo Mora. Mora's parents will get up before the crack of dawn to make the long journey to court, perhaps for the last time.
LIMÓN – At least one of seven defendants accused of the 2013 killing of Costa Rica sea turtle conservationist Jairo Mora likely will walk after prosecutors sought Monday to drop homicide charges against him, citing a lack of evidence.
The three judges that delivered not-guilty verdicts in the first Jairo Mora murder trial are now under investigation. A judges guild says this could pressure the judges presiding over the re-trial to convict.
On Monday morning in a courtroom in the Caribbean city of Limón, judges will call to order a second trial for the 2013 slaying of Costa Rican sea turtle conservationist Jairo Mora.
A new trial for seven men accused of the brutal 2013 killing of Costa Rica sea turtle conservationist Jairo Mora will take place from from Jan. 25 to March 25, a criminal court in the Caribbean port city of Limón announced Friday.
A Costa Rican appeals court has called for a retrial in the murder case of sea turtle conservationist Jairo Mora. Seven men were acquitted of his murder in January after a severely botched trial.
Three of the suspects were acquitted of all charges on Jan. 26. The remaining four defendants were found guilty of raping and robbing a Costa Rican couple and their young nephews nearly two weeks before Mora’s murder.
Moín Beach on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, was the site of the brutal murder of 26-year-old conservationist Jairo Mora, who was killed on May 30, 2013 while protecting sea turtles from poachers. In January, the seven alleged poachers accused of his murder were acquitted.
Costa Rica's Finance Ministry has increased the selective consumption tax applied to electric vehicles, a change Finance Minister Rodrigo Chaves announced Wednesday evening and...
Costa Rica's Ministry of Justice and Peace has ordered the immediate removal of every television set from cells across the national prison system, the...
