Yearly Archives: 2015
63.3% Of Released Prisoners Are Thieves, 33.9% For Illegal Drug Crimes
QCOSTARICA - The government continues to defend the prisoner release program due to overcrowding, a report this morning by La Nacion says that according to the Ministerio Justicia numbers, 63.3% of the released are serving sentences for property crimes.
That is, 361 of the 570 prisoners moved to half-way houses...
Costa Rica Dismantles Human Trafficking Ring
QCOSTARICA - Authorities in Costa Rica say they were able to break up a human trafficking ring, connected to an international network, smuggling migrants from Cuba, Asia and Africa to the United States.
Twelve people were arrested in a series of raids in AserrÃ, Alajuelita, Desamparados y Paso Ancho in...
Government Defends Plan To Free 1,000 Prisoners Before End Of The...
QCOSTARICA - The Government is defending itself from criticism of the plan free up to 1,000 prisoners in order to reduce overcrowding.
If the plan is adopted, the selected prisoners will only be required to sleep a few nights a week in prison, the rest of the time being on...