A new constitutional amendment allows the extradition of Costa Rican nationals for international drug trafficking and ...

More than 200 heavily armed police officers and tactical units began swarming several high-crime neighborhoods in Costa Rica’s capital on Thursday in an effort to take back city streets that have ...

Travelers to Costa Rica need to exercise caution ... which is different from the elevated figures in other areas. This year, 500 international visitors reported thefts to the Judicial Investigation.

A government report on homicides in Costa Rica concludes that organized crime ... Crime did in Guatemala and take a deep dive into the places where authorities believe there is an organized crime ...

“Crime is increasing in Costa Rica and US citizens are frequent victims ... it warns visitors to increase caution in certain neighborhoods, noting violent crimes such as homicides, armed ...

The short answer is yes. We never felt unsafe driving in Costa Rica, although we avoided areas where crime might be higher and were primarily visiting tourist areas. We were also visiting Costa ...

Costa Rican authorities said they arrested 19 people accused of trafficking hundreds of predominantly Asian migrants to the ...

The Pilates instructor rationalizes that despite the area’s level-three travel ... What a Recent Uptick in Crime Means for Costa Rica Travel Costa Rica, on the other hand, has long been ...

it urges Americans to reconsider travelling to Honduras and to avoid some areas of that country entirely because of crime. But it was a slap in the face for Costa Rica, whose government called it ...

Her partially-buried body was found in a wooded area near the ... cases in the True Crime Newsletter. Missing Fla. Woman’s Family Goes to Morgue to ID Body Found in Costa Rica: ‘The Wait ...

(AP) — A security guard at a Costa Rica Airbnb rental villa was arrested ... a body was found half-buried and covered in plastic in a wooded area about 1,000 feet (305 meters) from the hotel.