A budget freeze blocking new Judicial Investigation Agency offices in high-risk coastal communities has revived scrutiny of earlier decisions that reduced Costa Rica’s security...
Costa Rica’s Ministry of Finance has stepped up its campaign against tax evasion and contraband with a major inspection operation near San José’s Coca-Cola...
Costa Rica’s new high-security prison for organized crime suspects and convicted inmates will not be fully ready by the end of July, despite earlier...
Costa Rica’s environmental prosecutors are warning that wildlife trafficking is no longer just a scattered problem of people capturing animals for pets or private...
In his own recorded telling, it played out like a doting grandfather's anecdote. Edwin López Vega — the alleged narcotrafficking kingpin known across the...
Costa Rica's largest-ever anti-narcotics operation moved from raids into the courtroom as prosecutors said they would seek preventive detention and other precautionary measures against...
One of the Nicoya Peninsula’s best-known wildlife destinations is facing renewed pressure from illegal hunters, after camera traps placed inside or near Refugio Nacional...
Costa Rican authorities have turned to Interpol to locate two women linked by investigators to the Riverside case, including the wife of extradited alleged...
A budget freeze blocking new Judicial Investigation Agency offices in high-risk coastal communities has revived scrutiny of earlier decisions that reduced Costa Rica’s security...
White-lipped peccaries have returned to Piedras Blancas National Park after years without confirmed records of the species, marking an important wildlife restoration effort in...
Costa Rica's week-long flood emergency in the Caribbean and Northern Zone has begun to wind down, with the Comisión Nacional de Emergencias (CNE) reporting...
