COSTA RICA NEWS — Five officials of the Fuerza Publica (police), an Immigration officer, and a traffic policeman were arrested this weeks and accused of brutally beating a suspect in the theft of a bullet proof jacket from the immigration offices. They were also charged with filing a false police report as a cover-up.
According to the report by the Organismo de Investigacion Judicial (OIJ) – criminal investigative agency, the 32-year-old suspect was arrested July 29 in Quepos following the theft of the bullet proof vest. His mother and a cousin followed him to the lock-up where, they said, they could hear him being mistreated.
OIJ charged that cops put a sack over his head while they beat him, then turned him loose. But the matter did not end there — he filed a complaint against the arresting officers.
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Got what he deserved. When you steal, be prepared to pay the consequences, no matter what they turn out to be. In Iran, his head would have been in that sack.