Q COSTA RICA — Attorney General Carlo Díaz will remain at the helm of the Fiscalía (Public Prosecutor’s Office) for another four years. All 21 magistrates present at Monday’s plenary session voted to keep Díaz in office. His new term wil...

Q COSTA RICA — The Fiscalía General (Office of the Attorney General), in collaboration with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and other international agencies, has set new, high-level targets in the fight against transnational organized cr...

Q COSTA RICA — A woman identified as Xiomara stated that she received a phone call from a man—who is now the primary suspect in the murder of a mother and her 10-year-old daughter in Liberia, Guanacaste—in which he allegedly asked her to notify...

Q COSTA RICA — A 22-year-old woman surnamed Ortiz remains at large as the primary suspect in the homicide of American Mark Walter Fleming, which took place on September 27 in Playas del Coco, Guanacaste. On Friday, October 16, the Organismo de Inve...

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...