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Costa Rica Files Constitutional Reform to Widen Extradition of Citizens

Costa Rica is preparing to make a big change to who it can send abroad to face trial. The government says it will ask...

Wiretaps Allege Costa Rica Police Tipped Off Diablo’s Criminal Network

Wiretap recordings incorporated into the criminal case against the organization led by Alejandro Arias Monge, known by the alias "Diablo," describe a network of...

Costa Rica Investigates Jaguar Pelt Seized in Heredia Raid

An apparent jaguar pelt found inside a home during raids against a violent criminal group has opened a separate wildlife investigation alongside an organized...

Costa Rica Reports Sharp Increase in Human Trafficking Investigations

Human trafficking investigations in Costa Rica have already surpassed the total recorded during all of last year, with sexual exploitation accounting for most of...

Costa Rica’s government and courts collide over prison rules for Diablo

A criminal court judge in Pococí has struck down part of the isolation regime the Justice Ministry imposed on Alejandro Arias Monge, the man...

Costa Rica Moves to Treat Illegal Mining as Organized Crime

Costa Rican lawmakers have given initial approval to legislation that would allow authorities to pursue illegal mining and other serious environmental offenses using organized-crime...

Why “Diablo” Got Only Three Months in Costa Rica Custody

A Costa Rican court has ordered three months and 22 days of preventive detention for a man surnamed Arias, known by the alias "Diablo,"...

Costa Rica Moves to Widen Extradition of Its Own Citizens

President Laura Fernández asked lawmakers on Monday to widen the narrow list of crimes for which Costa Rica may hand its own citizens over...

Costa Rica’s President Praises Diablo Capture and Defends Cutting the Courts That Made It

President Laura Fernández Delgado has spent the days since Costa Rica's most significant arrest in a decade making two arguments at once. She has...

Costa Rica Investigated Possible Drug Money Inside Soccer Club

Costa Rican investigators examined whether money from an alleged international cocaine-trafficking organization was invested in Puerto Golfito F.C., a former second-division soccer club based...

Costa Rica Officials Clash Over Detention of Alias “Diablo’s” Daughter

Costa Rican security officials have given conflicting accounts of whether the daughter of alleged crime boss Alejandro Arias Monge, alias “Diablo,” was formally detained...

Costa Rica Police Allegedly Linked to Alias Diablo Face Arrest

Costa Rican investigators say they have identified members of the police forces who allegedly helped the criminal organization led by Alejandro Arias Monge, known...

The Forensic Tool Costa Rica Lacks in Its Fight Over Illegal Gold Mining

A forensic technique Brazilian federal police are using to trace illegally mined Amazon gold points to a capability Costa Rica has conspicuously lacked in...

Diablo Spends First Night at La Reforma, All Visits Suspended

Alejandro Arias Monge, the man Costa Rican authorities had described as the most wanted fugitive, spent his first night in custody inside the maximum...
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Serena and Venus Williams Set for Cincinnati Open Doubles Return

Serena and Venus Williams will play doubles together for the first time since 2022 after the Cincinnati Open handed the sisters a wildcard into...

Costa Rica Files Constitutional Reform to Widen Extradition of Citizens

Costa Rica is preparing to make a big change to who it can send abroad to face trial. The government says it will ask...

Wiretaps Allege Costa Rica Police Tipped Off Diablo’s Criminal Network

Wiretap recordings incorporated into the criminal case against the organization led by Alejandro Arias Monge, known by the alias "Diablo," describe a network of...

Costa Rica’s Romería Closes With Zero Deaths and 1,772 Medical Cases

Costa Rica's Romería closed without a single reported death, ending a nine-day emergency operation in which the Costa Rican Red Cross treated 1,772 people...