Costa Rican authorities extradited José Johnny Angulo Fernández to Italy yesterday, making him the first Costa Rican citizen sent to Europe under the country’s...
Drug trafficking is taking a growing toll on ecosystems in Costa Rica’s southern Pacific region, where environmental authorities warn that criminal groups are moving...
Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Agency is warning the public about a rise in scams involving the fake sale of U.S. dollars through hacked WhatsApp...
A rise in violence and theft in downtown Cartago is changing the way merchants do business, with some closing earlier, reinforcing storefronts and watching...
Costa Rican police detained 19 Nicaraguan nationals in irregular migratory status during operations in Crucitas de Cutris over the past week, in the latest...
U.S. authorities have renewed their push to extradite Jonathan Álvarez Alfaro, the Costa Rican suspect known as “El Profe” or “Gato,” reviving a case...
Panama and Costa Rica consolidated a strategic alliance April 11 to strengthen security along their shared border and jointly confront transnational organized crime. The...
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Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ)carried out a sweeping operation against a suspected money-laundering structure tied to narcotics trafficking, raiding homes and businesses in...
The Banco Central de Costa Rica (BCCR) has broken its all-time annual record for exchange-rate stabilization under the managed-float regime in place since 2015,...
