Costa Rica’s efforts to transform its police program were considered “ambitious” as well as “urgently needed” by American diplomats in Costa Rica, according to a diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.
Dollars alone are not enough to help Central American countries taking on drug trafficking organizations in their countries. More effective methods are needed, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at a press meeting with Costa Rica’s Foreign Minister in Washington D.C.
Uvita police officers have met no cross fire and have been seen as unthreatening while at the same time serving as a protective security measure in regards to the subtext of possible increased danger to the area on account of its rapid growth and progress.
by Carlos Arguedas; translation by TCRN Staff Officers of the Drug Control Police (PCD) today detained seven individuals suspected of transporting at least a ton of cocaine in two boats. According to Ricardo Gonzalez, press officer of the Ministry of Public Security, at 3pm today, the police action took place in Matapalo Playa Linda, in [...]
by ALONSO MATA B.; translation by TCRN Staff Interview with Germain Marin Director of the Traffic Police. What is the response of the new traffic law until today? We have seen a different behavior on the part of drivers, there is a major concern, a change of attitude, in fact there is a decrease in road [...]
TCRN Staff San Jose. AP. Public Safety officials announced Friday an agreement with unions to improve working conditions of various police forces with an investment of nearly $11million (more than ¢ 6,300 million). The agreement will benefit more than 10,000 officers of the security forces, penitentiary police, traffic police and immigration agents. “We have officers [...]
By Samuel Logan and John P Sullivan for ISN Security Watch Colombia and Costa Rica reaffirmed counternarcotics cooperation on 16 September, underscoring the reality of a new threat to security facing Costa Rica, a country known as the Switzerland of Central America. While most analysts consider Central America’s northern triangle countries – Guatemala, El Salvador [...]
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