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Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:32:40 +0000Costa Rican Authorities Identify Seven Possible Human-Trafficking Victims at Sámara Restaurant
Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rican authorities identified seven women as possible victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation during a raid on a bar and restaurant in Sámara, Guanacaste, officials reported. The operation took place on the night o...
Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:17:48 +0000
Police officer arrested for trying to smuggle cellular phone into maximum-security prison
Q COSTA RICA — An officer from the Unidad Especial de Apoyo (UEA—Special Support Unit—an elite police unit that belongs to the Directorate of Specialized Units of the Fuerza Pública (National Police) was detained after being found with a cell ...
Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:35:08 +0000
Prime suspect in murder of American in Guanacaste remains at large
The Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) arrested early this Friday morning, following a raid in San Miguel de Desamparados, a woman as part of an investigation into the homicide of a 74-year-old American man in Playas del Coco, Guanacaste. The...
Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:07:48 +0000
Government Tries to Move Past Questions Over Proximity to DEA-Tracked Drug Suspect
Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rica’s government is seeking to shift public attention away from unanswered questions about the apparent proximity of businessman Guobin Tam Zhang to senior figures in the ruling party, the Partido Pueblo Soberano (PPSO). Tam...
Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:11:22 +0000
Legislator files criminal complaint over intelligence chief’s appointment
Q COSTA RICA — Legislator Antonio Trejos Mazariegos has filed a criminal complaint against President Laura Fernández and former President Rodrigo Chaves over the appointment of Pablo Esteban Martínez Bertozzi as director of the country’s intell...