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Costa Rica rings in a deadly, violent new year

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January 1st, 2016 (ICR News) Costa Rica rang in the New Year with at least six violent deaths and many others seriously injured, including at least two homicides, at least two traffic deaths and at least two drownings between the evening of December 31st and the morning of January 1st.  Multiple others are in critical or serious condition as the result of gunshots, stab wounds, traffic accidents and even accidents involving fireworks.

 

Amongst the known murder victims are a 21-year-old man identified by the last name Chavarria, who was shot in the head in Desamparados.

 

Also murdered was a 25-year-old man identified by the last name Muñoz, who was stabbed to death in Paraíso de Cartago in the early morning hours on Friday.

 

Police moved quickly to apprehend the suspects in that case, but came under attack by a stone-throwing mob of residents in the Cartago neighborhood around 12:30 p.m. on Friday, forcing police to cordon off the neighborhood and call in support of a police helicopter and a special tactical squad in order to finally arrest the murder suspects and restore order.

 

Meanwhile, traffic accidents in San Miguel de Naranjo in Alajuela and in Puntarenas left two others dead, including a head on collision between a passenger vehicle and a bus.

 

The year also started off with at least two drownings on Friday, including a 2-year-old child that fell into a river in Leon Cortez shortly before 10 a.m, and an adult male who fell from a bridge in Coto Brus, Puntarenas.

 

Meanwhile, at least five others are in critical or serious condition in hospitals, including victims of gunshots, stabbings, and traffic accidents that occurred between New Year’s Eve and New Year’s morning.

 

At least another four people were seriously injured by incidents involving illegal fireworks. Firefighters were also forced to respond to dozens of both residential and brush fires caused by fireworks.

 

At least one suicide was also reported.

 

Officials also discovered the burnt and charred remains of two men who appeared to have been shot to death near the Poas Volcano.

 

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  • prdatki

    Well ! Costa Rica does not have the Death Penalty but it does have the Self Cleaning Oven. Good start for the first day!

  • Chris Thomas

    Many more to come at least 1,500 deaths this year, violence is increasing CR is no longer safe!

  • Buffalo Bill

    Chris Thomas, After arriving in CR and being robbed on Ave Central while out buying appliances, (carrying a small stove). Which had my hands tied up thus allowing a robber to grab my cell phone off of my belt. I have NEVER felt safe in Costa Rica. Always on my guard, always nervous in traffic because of the asshole idiots who honk before you have the chance to lift your foot off the brake and put it on the gas, and always alert to thieves of every stripe and possible assaults, kept me nervous to the point of leaving Costa Rica -never to return.
    The honking might not disturb the New York transplants to CR but to a person like me who loves peace and quiet and considers it an offense to be honked at, I have carried those noisy assaults with me for a long time, even after I left. Where I come from in USA when a person honks at you loudly and for no real reason, it is something which calls for a good old ass kicking –at the very least! WE hit 1st and ask questions 2nd in good ‘ol redneck USA. God Bless America and don’t honk your loud ass horn at me or you are asking for it! I f’in HATE that shit!—-I certainly believe if these asswipe coward Ticos would get punched in the face when they do that–they will learn pretty quick.
    Like the Tico piece of shit who was on my ass thisclose as we drove and wound our way through San Jose streets along with everyone else, he had a mattress on top of his car and I guess he thought the road belonged to him until I slammed on my brakes in traffic. You should have seen the look on his face–Priceless! Anyway we had to continue in the parade on the same jammed street and guess what? He kept a respectful distance the rest of the way. Ha Ha–You CAN teach these monkeys after all.

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