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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 » Finance: Costa Rica Opens Gang Prison for 5,100
Costa Rica has opened a US$37 million gang prison for 5,100 high-risk inmates, built on plans from El Salvador, with first transfers due in late October.
News Costa Rica » Alajuela » Finance: Costa Rica Opens Prison Modeled on El Salvador’s CECOT
President Laura Fernández is scheduled to inaugurate Costa Rica’s new maximum-security prison at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, but the facility will not receive inmates today. Justice and Peace Minister ...
News Costa Rica » Alajuela » Finance: 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 ...
News Costa Rica » Alajuela » Finance: Costa Rica Names 9 Narcoterrorist Groups
Costa Rica's president named nine narcoterrorist groups on 14 October, six Mexican cartels already on the US terror list. No decree has been published.