tourists

Border runs. They're a pain in the wallet for perpetual tourists and immigrants waiting for their residency in Costa Rica. But how long do you have to be out of the country to renew a Costa Rica tourist visa? It’s time to set this straight for the record.

More than two years after Steven Flesch's death, prosecutors were unable to secure testimony from two key witnesses, Costa Rica Prosecutor’s Office spokeswoman Karla Rivera said in an email.

The suspect was toting 5,995 grams of liquid cocaine in a black hydration pack hidden inside a blue backpack he carried on his way to Rome.

A report on the joint team’s findings will be presented to Costa Rican authorities in five to seven months.

At dawn on Saturday the hikers managed to make a phone call from a mobile phone and send some details on their location, which allowed rescuers to find them.

According to initial reports, Levine was driving a lightweight vehicle with another passenger on the highway when for an unknown reason the car veered into oncoming traffic.

The Judicial Investigation Police said the man, identified as Costel Comana, hanged himself in the airplane bathroom. He was facing a corruption investigation in his native country, according to Romanian media.

Despite Costa Rica’s international reputation as an adventure tourism destination for the last 25 years, the industry is lightly regulated and safety requirements are largely at the discretion of individual businesses, according to interviews The Tico Times conducted with business owners and industry and government representatives.

One of the suspects had €70,000 hidden around her body.

Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) confirmed to The Tico Times that a European tourist died of an apparent heart attack while hiking in the remote Corcovado National Park in the southwestern Osa Peninsula Sunday afternoon.