Costa Rica News
Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:00:07 +0000Proposed: Child support debtors in Costa Rica would wear electronic ankle monitors instead of going to jail
Q COSTA RICA — An electronic ankle monitor will replace imprisonment for child support debtors in Costa Rica, according to the bill presented this Monday, July 27, by President Laura Fernández to the Legislative Assembly. In Costa Rica, if a month...
Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:29:57 +0000
Stepfather sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing his stepdaughter
Q COSTA RICA — The San Joaquín de Flores (Heredia) Prosecutor’s Office sentenced a man named Rojas Campos to 20 years in prison after proving his guilt in the sexual abuse of his stepdaughter, who was eight years old when the abuse began. Th...
Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:11:03 +0000
Alias “Diablo” will remain in pretrial detention for three months; DEA agents have a chat
Q COSTA RICA — The man who for years topped Costa Rica’s most wanted list, Alejandro Arias Monge, alias “Diablo”, will face various precautionary measures in several court cases following his capture last Friday. On Monday, the Tribunal P...
Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:06:04 +0000
12 Top drug lords taken down in Costa Rica in three years
Q COSTA RICA — The capture of the main criminal leaders in the Costa Rican Caribbean marked a turning point in the fight against drug trafficking in the region. In the last three years, Costa Rican authorities have neutralized the 12 highest-profil...
Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:27:11 +0000
U.S. Embassy San José closed Friday, July 31
Q COSTA RICA — In observance of the apparition of the “Virgen de Los Ángeles” (Our Lady of the Angels), Patron Saint of Costa Rica, the U.S. Embassy and Consular Section in San José will be closed on Friday, July 31, 2026. The Embassy...
Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:01:26 +0000
Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua plans to scrap elections – what that says about today’s autocrats
Q REPORTS (Felix Wiebrecht, Lecturer in Politics, University of Liverpool) Since being elected for a second term as Nicaraguan president in 2006, Daniel Ortega – the former Sandinista freedom fighter-turned-authoritarian leader – has extended his...
Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:54:49 +0000
Former Costa Rican presidents intensify condemnation of Daniel Ortega for attempting to abolish elections
Q COSTA RICA — Amid escalating political tensions in Nicaragua, public statements by four former Costa Rican presidents have strengthened international condemnation of Daniel Ortega’s regime. The former Costa Rican leaders described the direc...
Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:29:46 +0000
OIJ rejects request for “Diablo” hearing be held virtually
Q COSTA RICA — Despite the request on Sunday from the Ministry of Justice that the hearing on precautionary measures against Alejandro Arias Monge, alias “Diablo,” and Jonathan Pérez, alias “Tan,” be held virtually due to t...
Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:42:04 +0000
Daughter of alias “Diablo” located near La Reforma prison
Q COSTA RICA — The Dirección de Inteligencia y Seguridad Nacional (DIS) and the Fuerza Pública (National Police) located a woman identified as Arias Fonseca, daughter of Alejandro Arias Monge, known as alias “Diablo,” during an operation near...
Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:23:24 +0000
Prison police remove televisions from prisons in Costa Rica
Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rica’s Penitentiary Police removed a total of 187 television screens, 20 converter boxes, and 123 remote controls from seven prisons in Costa Rica, as part of new measures announced by the Ministry of Justice to strengthe...