The execution in the middle of rush-hour traffic was the latest suspected narco-related killing as the government searches for a strategy to tackle organized crime here.
SolÃs reiterated his previous position that he does not support drug legalization, but the Costa Rican leader expressed interest in further "decriminalizing" drug use in Costa Rica.
The lack of pomp surrounding the president's security might strike some as cavalier, but Luis Guillermo SolÃs has made the appearance of accessibility a symbolic gesture of the values of transparency and humility that he ran on as a candidate.
