QCOSTARICA The province of San José has logged 200 homicides this year and Alajuela is almost at 100 - an unprecedented amount, 2023 becoming the deadliest year in the history of Costa Rica. In total, this year so far has recorded 826 homicides, an increase of over 44% compared to the same period last…
QCOSTARICA Drug trafficking-related violence and homicides pose a serious risk to Costa Rica's reputation as a paradise and its slogan of "Pura Vida". Most likely today, Wednesday, September 20, the number of murders will have reached a new historical high, as a result of the conflict between drug gangs that involves both professional assassins…
Q COSTA RICA - “The clock is ticking, all the fake 'tourists', members of this extortion and money laundering structure, take advantage and get out of our country quickly. Afterwards, we will not hear lamentations”. With those two sentences, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele recently announced that one of the components of his security strategy would…
Q COSTA RICA - The concept of tourist insecurity could cause a division between security for nationals and for foreigners, which makes it difficult to comprehensively address the issue of security throughout the country, according to the Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT) - Costa Rican Tourism Board. This was made clear by William Rodríguez, Minister…
The Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería (DGME) - Costa Rica's immigration service - announced Thursday night that the fine for those foreigners overstaying their visitor's visa in the country, that was to go into effect today, Friday, April 20, 2018, will be extended for 12 months. The DMGE announced earlier in the month that…