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US woman killed in southern Costa Rica after attacker hits her in head with a rock

A 20-year-old male suspect, identified with the last names Jiménez Torres, called police after the incident and is in custody. According to the suspect, Kropf raised Jiménez since he was a boy and allegedly sexually abused him.

A letter from a Costa Rican jail

U.S. real estate developer Patrick Hundley, 46, is speaking out from his jail cell in Pérez Zeledón, where he has been incarcerated for over four months since his arrest in February for allegedly defrauding Michigan investors of $7 million dollars.

U.S. beachgoer tries to burn down police station after his arrest in Tamarindo

Police caught the Gringo with the last name Kelarakus minutes after he allegedly broke a car window and stole a laptop computer and other items at the popular tourist beach on Tuesday.

Guilty of murder: Costa Rica court convicts expat Ann Patton of killing husband in 2010

After more than a week of testimony, a Costa Rica criminal court on Tuesday convicted U.S. expat Ann Maxin Patton, 43, of shooting to death her husband, U.S. financier John Felix Bender, 44, in 2010. The court sentenced Patton to 22 years in prison for the crime.

Police arrest 2 US citizens on cocaine possession charges

Costa Rica's National Police arrested two U.S. citizens with the last names Little and Goges in Liberia, capital of the northwestern province of Guanacaste, over the weekend for alleged cocaine possession. Three Costa Ricans, including a 17-year-old girl, also were charged, according to the police report.

Suspected child molester passed background check at American school in Nicaragua

William James Vahey, who committed suicide in March, traveled to Costa Rica several times between 2004 and 2011.

Suspected US serial child predator taught at American Nicaraguan School

A suspected serial child molester may have abused at least 90 young boys at international American schools since 1972, and many of the victims may not be aware of what happened to them, said the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a statement Tuesday.

Expat wanted by US arrested while attempting to sneak into Panama from Costa Rica

Wanted by the United States for several pending charges, Sage Million, 61, was arrested in Panama last Wednesday after he tried to illegally cross the border from Costa Rica.

US real estate developer accused of fraud in Jacó allegedly targeted Michigan investors

Investors in the U.S. state of Michigan made up the majority of alleged victims in what investigators are describing as multi-million dollar real estate fraud in the central Pacific tourist town of Jacó, reported WZZM-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Thursday.

Police raid offices, home of US real estate mogul accused of fraud

On Tuesday afternoon, Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) raided the offices of U.S. real estate developer Patrick Vincent Hundley, currently serving two months preventative detention for an alleged $7 million fraud, according to the daily La Nación.

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