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US Delivers Final Guarantees for Extradition of Celso Gamboa and Pecho de Rata

The United States delivered the final documents Costa Rican courts required to advance the extradition of Celso Gamboa Sánchez and Edwin Danney López Vega,...

Costa Rica Accuses China-Linked Group of Cyber Espionage Attack on ICE

The Government of Costa Rica announced today that the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) suffered a security attack linked to cyber espionage. Officials revealed...

Costa Rica Investigates More TikTok Creators After PANI Grooming Reports

Costa Rica’s National Children’s Trust, known as PANI, reported two more TikTok creators to prosecutors yesterday over alleged grooming cases, widening a fast-moving investigation...

Costa Rica’s Strategy Case Raids Seize Golfito Hotel and Transport Company

Agents from Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) detained Glen Rojas Barquero and several family members yesterday during raids in the investigation known as...

Costa Rica Rejects U.S. Bid to Extradite Caribbean Drug Boss

The Criminal Court of Limón turned down a U.S. request to extradite Gilberth Hernán Bell Fernández, known as 'Macho Coca,' on Monday afternoon. Judge...

Sloths and Tapir Among Animals Saved in Costa Rica Anti-Trafficking Operation

Costa Rican authorities rescued five sloths and other wild animals in an anti-trafficking operation in the Northern Zone. The Deputy Environmental Prosecutor's Office led...

Interpol Arrests 60 Suspected Child Predators in Central America

Law enforcement agencies in nine countries arrested 60 suspects accused of child sexual offences and identified 65 child victims during a coordinated international operation....

Burger King Drops Mike Blanco Ad Over Harassment Allegations in Costa Rica

Burger King Costa Rica has cut all professional links with social media influencer Mike Blanco after reports emerged of alleged inappropriate contact with minors....

Syrian Smuggler Extradited from Costa Rica to Face U.S. Charges

Costa Rica authorities handed over a Syrian national to the United States after his arrest last year on charges of running a human smuggling...

Celso Gamboa Admits He Met DEA Undercover Agents and Informants

Former Public Security Minister and Supreme Court magistrate Celso Gamboa Sánchez admitted he held at least two meetings with undercover agents and DEA informants....
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NASA Releases Picture of Earthset Photo by Artemis Crew

NASA released a historic photograph of Earth dipping below the lunar horizon, more than 57 years after an iconic "Earthrise" image was captured by...

Don’t Get Caught in the Rain: Costa Rica’s Weather Forecast for This Week

The Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) is forecasting variable conditions across Costa Rica this week, with weak trade winds driving heat, humidity, and afternoon storm...

Panama’s Bridge of the Americas Closed After Fuel Truck Blast

One worker died and two firefighters suffered minor burns Monday when a tanker truck exploded at a private fuel terminal beneath the Bridge of...

Costa Rica’s Banco Nacional changes BN Móvil and online banking access

Banco Nacional customers in Costa Rica will now need to use a new access system for the bank’s digital channels, as changes affecting BN...