By JAVIER CORDOBA Associated Press LIMON, Costa Rica (AP) In this colorful Caribbean port, where cruise ship passengers are whisked to jungle adventures in Costa Rica’s interior, locals try to be home by dark and police patrol with high-caliber guns in the face of soaring drug violence. Costa Rica logged a record 657 homicides […]
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Costa Rica, long considered Latin America's safest country, logged a record 657 homicides in 2022, after the murder rate had sharply ticked upwards over the past 15 years.