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After multiple gunshot wounds, Italian businessman dies in hospital

An Italian businessman was a victim of a shootout in Los Yoses and died shortly after his admission in the Emergency Room at Calderón Guardia Hospital.

According to information from the medical center, the man had ”

multiple injuries to the liver, intestines, and suffered a hypovolemic shock, meaning the blood loss was massive.”

The time of death of the man, identified with the surname Salvatore, was confirmed at 1:05 p.m. His girlfriend, an Ecuadoran national surnamed López, is still in the hospital.

Salvatore owned Tierra Nuestra Latina, a company that exported agricultural products. He used to visit the country once a month to see how his company progressed. According to a company official, Salvatore and his girlfriend lived most of the time between Italy and Spain and came to Costa Rica every four weeks.

crhoy.com