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13 Jan 2006 |
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Daily Edition: San José, Costa Rica, January 13, 2006
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Investigation Reveals 11-Year-Old
Was Shot by 14-Year-Old in Limón
Officials have discovered that the bullet that hit and wounded 11-year-old Edwin José Herrera in the Caribbean port town of Limón last Saturday was fired by a 14-year-old boy who originally told police he saw the shot fired from a black car, said Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) spokeswoman Xinia Zamora.
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Romanian Accused of
Drug Trafficking, Fraud
Detained in Heredia
International Police (INTERPOL) await a decision from a San José court regarding whether to extradite Valentin Istrate, a Romanian sought after by Dutch authorities for drug trafficking and fraud. Istrate was arrested by National Police in Heredia, north of San José, on Tuesday, according to INTERPOL Chief Pablo Monje.
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Wanchope To Play in Heredia
Closing Tournament
Soccer forward Paulo Wanchope will play for Heredia's team, Club Sport Herediano, in this year's club soccer closing tournament, which begins next Sunday, and will try to regain his rhythm for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the player announced yesterday.
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January 13
Presentation of Dempra and Joycee of La Factoría
Jan. 14, 1 p.m., Carrizal Fiestas, in Carrizal, Alajuela, northwest of San José, road to Poás Volcano.
Jazz Café Weekend Activities
Cantoamérica, Caribbean music, Jan. 13, 10 p.m.; Robert Aguilar and The Neotics, Neo Soul, Jan. 14, 10 p.m.; Grupo Abril, pop, Jan. 15, 9:30 p.m. Reservations: 253-8933, between 2-6 p.m., jazz_cafe@racsa.co.cr.
Awards Banquet
Jan. 14, 7 p.m., Masonic Grand Lodge de Costa Rica, Ave. Ctrl, Ca. 19.
Nativity Scene of Los Heraldos del Evangelio (Heralds of the New Testament)
20-minute presentation of small figures in moving dioramas with special effects, through Jan. 14, Mon.-Sat., 3-7 p.m.; Sun., 3-8:30 p.m., white house, 200 m west, 75 m south of main entrance to Club La Guaria, Moravia. Info: 235-5410.
Edited By Amanda Roberson
Tico Times Staff
aroberson@ticotimes.net
Investigation Reveals 11-Year-Old
Was Shot by 14-Year-Old in Limón
By Amanda Roberson
Tico Times Staff
aroberson@ticotimes.net
Officials have discovered that the bullet that hit and wounded 11-year-old Edwin José Herrera in the Caribbean port town of Limón last Saturday was fired by a 14-year-old boy who originally told police he saw the shot fired from a black car, said Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) spokeswoman Xinia Zamora.
The 14-year-old accidentally shot Herrera behind his left ear while the two boys were walking down the street accompanied by an adult woman, Zamora said.
Herrera remains in the intensive care unit of the National Children's Hospital in San José, and his condition has improved, according to reports from the office of Dr. Rodolfo Hernández, pediatric neuronatologist and general director of the Children's Hospital. Herrera remains hooked up to a ventilator, but is conscious and can move his limbs.
The 14-year-old who shot Herrera, whose name has not been released, made up the story about the black car and later confessed to shooting Herrera, then throwing the gun in a lake in the Los Cocos neighborhood.
Herrera was transported to nearby Hospital Tony Facio around midnight and was soon taken to the Children's Hospital in the capital, where doctors operated early Sunday morning.
The boy's mother, Haudrey Arias, told the daily Al Día she holds no resentment for the boy who shot her son. The adult who carelessly left the gun in the hands of a minor is to blame for the accident, she said.
Romanian Accused of Drug Trafficking,
Fraud
Detained in Heredia
By Amanda Roberson
Tico Times Staff
aroberson@ticotimes.net
International Police (INTERPOL) await a decision from a San José court regarding whether to extradite Valentin Istrate, a Romanian sought after by Dutch authorities for drug trafficking and fraud. Istrate was arrested by National Police in Heredia, north of San José, on Tuesday, according to INTERPOL Chief Pablo Monje.
Istrate, 42, is in jail in San Sebastian, south of San José, where he will remain until the court reaches a decision concerning his extradition to Holland, where he stands accused of producing false credit cards and trafficking the drug ecstasy.
A statement from INTERPOL indicated that the organization received notice from Dutch police that Istrate could be in Costa Rica Nov. 1 and began investigating migration checkpoints. They discovered that Istrate entered Costa Rica April 3, 2005 on a flight from Spain. Since arriving in Costa Rica, he has traveled to Venezuela and Panama several times.
Istrate was living in a house he owns in Real Santamaría, a neighborhood in Heredia, north of San José, with a Costa Rican woman whose last name is Vargas and who is four months pregnant.
He was arrested Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. near the Paseo de las Flores mall in Heredia.
Wanchope To Play in Heredia
Closing Tournament
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| Wanchope. ACAN-EFE/Jeffrey Arguedas |
Soccer forward Paulo Wanchope will play for Heredia's team, Club Sport Herediano, in this year's club soccer closing tournament, which begins next Sunday, and will try to regain his rhythm for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the player announced yesterday.
Wanchope said on his Web page, “I evaluated many things and I think this is a good option, so I accepted the offer to play with Heredia's team. I love this team and want to contribute my experience so we can achieve big things.”
One of the reasons the player is returning to Costa Rica is to be with National Team coach Alexandre Giumares and on a team that can guarantee him minutes in the game to help regain his competitive rhythm, which he has lost in the last few months.
Wanchope, 29, who is the highest-scoring player in the history of Costa Rican soccer with 43 goals, will be officially presented by Heredia's team tonight in Eladio Rosabal Cordero stadium in Heredia.
The forward returns to Costa Rica from Al Garrafah, in Qatar, where he spent six months. He decided to play for Heredia's team after possibilities of playing in Mexico and Great Britain didn't pan out.
With the incorporation of Wanchope, the red and yellow team hopes to call themselves champions of Costa Rican football, a title they haven't held since 1993.
ACAN-EFE
