Yearly Archives: 2015

QCOSTARICA - In the third trial, the Criminal Court of Perez Zeledon, based on the principle "of a doubt", acquitted American Ann Maxin Patton, who was accused of murdering her husband John Bender, in 2010. The judgement was read this morning in open court. Click here to read our stories on...

QCOSTARICA - The body of Beger Jonas Maximilian, the German firefighter who went missing Quepos on Sunday, was found earlier today. The Cruz Roja (Red Cross) reports divers located the body at 9:38am, some 9 metres (20 feet) submerged in a pool of the Portalón river, where he was last...

QCOSTARICA - A German and an American disappeared Sunday afternoon in Quepos, Puntarenas reports the Cruz Rojas (Red Cross). The 18 year-old German,  a firefighter, disappeared around 1:00pm when he took a dive into the Savegre River, in the area of Portalon, Quepos. The American, a 20 year-old identified by his...