The organization “Chepe se baña” is not asking for money door to door or in the streets. Mauricio Villalobos, from the Promundo Foundation, said they posted on the Facebook site some photographs of a woman who supposedly walks in Cartago and Tejar, posing as a Chepe se baña official and asking for money on behalf […]
Archives for February 2018
Otto Guevara files criminal complaint against Attorney General Emilia Navas
Otto Guevara, from the Libertarian Movement, filed a criminal complaint against the general prosecutor a.i., Emilia Navas , and against the director of the Organism of Judicial Investigation (OIJ), Wálter Espinoza on Monday afternoon. Guevara said he filed the complaint last week because they violated his immunity as a legislator and abused their authority when […]
Gang linked to 13 kidnappings was finally stopped
A gang consisting of three men suspected of committing at least 13 kidnappings in the Costa Rican Pacific was finally stopped on Monday morning. The criminal structure was dismantled after four raids that were carried out in Sabalito de Coto Brus, Quepos and Heredia. There the suspects named Ulate Vargas, Alcázar Alfaro and Zamora Quesada, […]
IMF met with legislators and finance minister
The head of the Central America Division of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Lorenzo Figliuoli, met on Monday with Finance Minister Helio Fallas and legisltors of all fractions. The purpose of the meeting was to analyze the fiscal scenario facing the country and the consequences if it continues without a deep reform of sales and […]
Unique Costa Rican software will help discover frauds
Dynamic Behavior Patterns is the name of a new software designed and created by Costa Ricans to increase the security of national and international financial companies in the protection of their clients’ resources. The software breaks traditional schemes and seeks to avoid previous fraudulent transactions and the search of known cases of fraud through expert […]
Two earthquakes in the South Zone
Two earthquakes, registered in a matter of 3 hours, kept the South Zone in the tenterhooks. The first of them, with 5.2 degrees, occurred at 7:15 a.m. on Monday with an epicenter four kilometers south of Puerto Jiménez, in Golfito de Puntarenas. The National Seismological Network (RSN) made a mapping of the repercussions and explained […]