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Costa Rica police arrest 4 suspects in alleged rape of US tourist

A spokeswoman for the Judicial Investigation Police confirmed to The Tico Times that security cameras and witnesses identified four suspects who were at a La Fortuna bar, El Establo, the last place where the victim was seen before the alleged rape took place early Sunday morning.

Update: US woman allegedly raped in tourist town La Fortuna

A 19-year-old woman from the U.S. state of Wisconsin was allegedly raped by seven men in La Fortuna de San Carlos, in the Northern Zone of the country, according to Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ).

Crime threatens to tarnish Tortuguero’s tourist industry

Area hotel owners and guides say a lack of resources for law enforcement and insufficient response from the Costa Rican Tourism Board could damage the scenic Caribbean destination's reputation with visitors.
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Panamanian Elections: Mulino Leads, but Voters Believe Martinelli Will Hold Power

A recent poll conducted by the firm Doxa for the Panamanian Institute of Civic Studies and the radio station ArCa Media En Directo has...

Google Launches Operations Base in El Salvador to Boost Modernization

The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, inaugurated this Monday the new offices of the American giant Google in that Central American country, which...

Costa Rica Denies Receiving Asylum Seekers from the UK

Several media outlets reported yesterday that Costa Rica would be one of the countries chosen to receive asylum seekers from the United Kingdom. However,...