Alleged kidnapping ends with a missing person in Limon
Email this page September 4th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Security forces responded to a 911 call around noon yesterday about an alleged kidnapping in Pacuare de Limón. According to the director…
OIJ agent paid ¢15,000 to have two women beaten “half dead”
Email this page September 3rd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) An agent of the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) in San Carlos, Alajuela has been fired after attempting to pay a man ¢15,000 to…
Half of assaults involve a firearm and occur in San José
Email this page September 2nd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) So far this year, half of all robberies involved a firearm and occurred in San José, according to numbers released by the Judicial…
Tom Brady bodyguards to face trial in Costa Rica
Email this page (AFP) – Three bodyguards working for American football star Tom Brady and his supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen are to stand trial in Costa Rica after firing shots…
OIJ agent caught stealing receives three months suspension with pay
Email this page September 2nd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) An agent of the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ), identified by the last name Páez, will receive a three month suspension with pay after…
Woman faints after being sentenced for deadly beating of 3-year-old child
Email this page August 30th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Criminal Court of Heredia sentenced a woman by the last name of Fuller and her partner, an informal taxi driver by the…
Costa Rica on lookout for organ trafficking
Email this page Mario Garita / ISH What started with an email turned into the dismantling of an international organ-trafficking ring. American surgeon Francis L. Delmonico, the chairman of the…
Highway violence hurts business in Latin America
Email this page Juliana Machado / ISH Violence and robberies on Latin American highways cost businesses more money than anywhere in the world, says the Economic Commission for Latin America…
