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Daily Edition: San José, Costa Rica, March 28, 2005
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Police Confiscate 12 Guns
at Zurquí Tunnel
In less than five days, police confiscated 12 guns at their control post in the Zurquí Tunnel, in the highway from San José to the Caribbean province of Limón , said a statement from the Public Security Ministry.
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Holy Week Leaves
23 Violent Deaths
Violent deaths in Costa Rica during Easter break amounted to 23 yesterday, after two more victims were registered dead Saturday night, according to the Costa Rican Red Cross.
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Triumph Against Panama
“Miraculous”
The Costa Rican press classified the country's 2-1 soccer victory against Panama Saturday night as “miraculous.”
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March 28
Cinemateca Movie Monday
The University of Costa Rica 's Cinemateca movie theater features Jurgen Ureña's clip “Costa Rica Pura Vida” and Mercedes Ramírez docudrama “Color de Rosas,” in Spanish, at 9 p.m.
Book Presentation
Philosophy professor Helio Gallardo's Century 21: Military to the Left will be presented at 7 p.m. at the School of General Studies auditorium in the University of Costa Rica .
Edited By María Gabriela Díaz
Tico Times Staff
mgdiaz@ticotimes.net
Police Confiscate 12 Guns
at Zurquí Tunnel
In less than five days, police confiscated 12 guns at their control post in the Zurquí Tunnel, in the highway from San José to the Caribbean province of Limón , said a statement from the Public Security Ministry.
According to police, the guns were confiscated as of last Monday because their owners did not carry the required license.
Randal Picado, director of the San José Regional Police, said the weapons were a 380-caliber gun, four 45-caliber pistols, a 22-caliber large rifle and five 9 mm guns.
Picado added that an important amount of drugs was also confiscated at that police post.
“Last Wednesday, a Costa Rican and two Jamaicans were caught carrying half a kilo of cocaine,” he said.
The suspects were identified by the last names of Sánchez, Stephenson and Carlesly.
Stephenson carried one of the 12 confiscated guns, a 45-caliber weapon, which he used to shoot at one of the officers at the police post.
Neither Stephenson nor the officers were hurt during the arrest, according to the statement.
Holy Week Leaves
23 Violent Deaths
Violent deaths in Costa Rica during Easter break amounted to 23 yesterday, after two more victims were registered dead Saturday night, according to the Costa Rican Red Cross.
“One of the victims Saturday night died in a car accident, while the other incident was a suicide,” Red Cross spokeswoman Noemy Coto told EFE newswire service.
A Red Cross official report shows the main causes of these deaths were drownings (7), car accidents (7), poisoning (1), suicides (2), electrocutions (2), gun victims (2), other weapons (2).
Five of the victims were minors. One, identified by the last name of Gamboa, 15, and another, Espinoza, 11, drowned. A 16 and 13-year-old were run over by vehicles, while a nine-year-old died in a car accident.
Coto added, “The Red Cross has saved 30 people from certain death at this point,” referring to people rescued mainly on highways.
The Red Cross enforced its highway vigilance yesterday for the expected return of most Central Valley vacationers after Holy Week break, said Red Cross president, Miguel Carmona, in a statement.
“We have worked with our most fervent sense of humanitarianism during this week's operative,” Carmona said.
The Red Cross dispatched a total 860 volunteers mainly to beaches and highways, where most accidents are produced because of the high concentrations of people who take a vacation this week.
--EFE
Triumph Against Panama
“Miraculous”
The Costa Rican press classified the country's 2-1 soccer victory against Panama Saturday night as “miraculous.”
According to the daily AL Día, “God is Costa Rican,” and Saturday's game was a “miracle,” because Costa Rican player Roy Myrie scored a tie-breaking goal during the game's last minute.
The game between Ticos and Panamanians took place in Ricardo Saprissa Stadium in San José , without the presence of fans after the International Football Federation (FIFA) sanctioned Costa Rica , forcing them to play behind closed doors.
-- EFE
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