Former Tourism Minister Once Again Caught
Drunk Behind The Wheel
Former ministro de Turismo Walter Niehaus
doesn't seem to be learning the lesson that
drinking and driving do not mix and in Costa
Rica it will land you in jail.
Once again the former minister was found on
Sunday morning to be driving intoxicated in
the area of Chomes on the Interamericana.
The last time Niehaus was picked up was on
Avenida 10 in San Jose, when at that time he
slammed into three parked cars. That time,
like several others times before, all he got
is a traffic ticket.
However, this time, the former minister and
former president of the Federación de Fútbol
(soccer federation) was taken to the
Puntarenas hospital for a blood test to
corroborate the roadside breathalyzer test.
He was held in the local jail before being
released with a court date, facing a
criminal trial, and had his vehicle
confiscated, all part of the tougher
measures under the new Ley de Transito that
has gotten tough on drunk drivers.
2002 - 2009
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