President Laura Fernández’s proposal to take students from high-crime neighborhoods on visits to Costa Rica’s new maximum-security prison has opened a national debate over...
Costa Rica’s public security strategy is running into a basic problem: police do not have enough working vehicles to patrol the country. Security Minister...
A budget freeze blocking new Judicial Investigation Agency offices in high-risk coastal communities has revived scrutiny of earlier decisions that reduced Costa Rica’s security...
Costa Rica’s Ministry of Finance has stepped up its campaign against tax evasion and contraband with a major inspection operation near San José’s Coca-Cola...
Costa Rica’s new high-security prison for organized crime suspects and convicted inmates will not be fully ready by the end of July, despite earlier...
Costa Rica’s environmental prosecutors are warning that wildlife trafficking is no longer just a scattered problem of people capturing animals for pets or private...
In his own recorded telling, it played out like a doting grandfather's anecdote. Edwin López Vega — the alleged narcotrafficking kingpin known across the...
Costa Rica's largest-ever anti-narcotics operation moved from raids into the courtroom as prosecutors said they would seek preventive detention and other precautionary measures against...
Costa Rica will put its Drug Control Police back inside the airports and border crossings, reversing a 2023 decision that pulled the specialized unit...
A political fight over music licensing fees has reached Costa Rica’s municipal governments, raising questions about how restaurants, bars, hotels and other businesses must...
