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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 » Limon » Security: 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 » Limon » Security: Costa Rica latest to adopt Bukele blueprint with new mega-prison
President vows Costa Rica will become a 'global benchmark' for prison security as 5,100-inmate facility opens to confront cartels Costa Rica, considered for decades a peaceful enclave in turbulent ...
News Costa Rica » Limon » Security: Drug onslaught pushes violence to record levels in Costa Rica: Security Minister
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - The influence of Mexican drug gangs and increased cocaine output in Colombia have pushed murders toward record levels in Costa Rica, a top official said, casting a shadow over a ...
News Costa Rica » Limon » Security: 4 Security Challenges in Store for Costa Rica’s Next President
Rodrigo Chaves, the future president of Costa Rica with the Democratic Social Progress Party Following an accelerating trend in the region, self-described anti-establishment candidate, Rodrigo Chaves, ...
News Costa Rica » Limon » Security: Limon: New gateway port for cocaine exports Costa Rica
Limon has long had a reputation as a remote Costa Rican port handling exports of pineapples, bananas, sugar and coffee. However, to this list of bulk export products one can also add cocaine. While ...