Costa Rica News » Alajuela News Costa Rica » Alajuela: Costa Rica opens a Bukele-style mega-prison. Here’s how it got here
On Wednesday, President Laura Fernández inaugurated a mega-prison that emulates the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) that has become a symbol of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s security ...
News Costa Rica » Alajuela: Costa Rica opens a mega-prison for the criminals still running gangs from their cells
Costa Rica's $35M CACCO mega-prison opened Oct. 14, targeting organized crime leaders still running gangs from inside the country's overcrowded prisons.
News Costa Rica » Alajuela: Costa Rica opens mega-prison as organized crime fight intensifies
Costa Rica inaugurated a maximum-security prison on Wednesday as it stepped up its fight against organized crime after a surge in killings in what was long one of Latin America's safest countries.
News Costa Rica » Alajuela: Spanish Singer Rosana Plays Costa Rica on 14 February 2027
Spanish singer Rosana plays Parque Viva in Alajuela, Costa Rica, on Sunday, 14 February 2027. Tickets run from about US$128 to US$238.
News Costa Rica » Alajuela: Costa Rica opens El Salvador-inspired mega-prison
ALAJUELA, Costa Rica - Costa Rica opened a high-security jail on Wednesday inspired by a mega-prison in El Salvador that has become a symbol of the country’s war on gangs, widely criticized by human ...
News Costa Rica » Alajuela: Costa Rica adopts Bukele’s penitentiary model with the inauguration of a new mega-prison
With capacity for 5,100 inmates, President Laura Fernández’s government presents the CACCO as a ‘historic milestone’ in the fight against drug trafficking ...
News Costa Rica » Alajuela: Costa Rica’s Alajuela Offers Daily Guided Tours for Airport Passengers
Travelers passing through Juan Santamaría International Airport now have a direct way to step into Costa Rica’s cultural roots with the launch of the Alajuela City Tour. AERIS, the airport’s operator, ...
News Costa Rica » Alajuela: Costa Rica opens a Bukele-style mega-prison
By IntelliNews Latam desk Costa Rica, the country that abolished its army in 1948 and long sold itself as Central America’s peaceful outlier, is about to open a prison built to El Salvador’s design.