The original ruling that prompted the payment was handed down by the court in December 2015, when justicies resolved that that the frontier wetland of Isla Calera is Costa Rican territory.
Costa Rica's five femicides so far this year suggest an alarming increase when compared to the 16 cases recorded in 2017 by the Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ).
"I believe we must limit the actions that, in my opinion, the Supreme Elections Tribunal has violated," said Evangelical Alliance lawyer Juan Carlos Retana.