Great friggin news!!
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The director, Jorge Rojas, described the two men as common criminals who killed for pleasure whenever someone resisted a robbery. He also said that in a raid and search his agents found a cell telephone that belonged to a victim who was gunned down in a similar crime in July.
Rojas characterized the crimes as random robberies. He was grilled at a 6 p.m. press conference by reporters who suggested that there were other motives behind the actions of the men.
The arrests came early Friday when agents of the Judicial Investigating Organization raided three locations in the western community of Pavas. They raided the home of one suspect, the home of the other suspect's girlfriend and the home of a friend, said Rojas. One suspect was detained in his home and the other was captured in the center of San José, he added.
The crime took place early Tuesday as the three women left their work at the Jazz Casino in the White House Hotel high in the hills above Escazú centro. Two bandits intercepted the car in which the women were riding a short distance from the hotel and abducted them about 1:30 a.m.. The killers made one withdraw money from at an automatic teller and then took the women out of
</td> <td valign="top" width="300">their vehicle individually, made them kneel and then shot them in the head.
Yerlín Marín Salazar, 24, a mother of a 6-year-old child, was the woman murdered by the bandits. Her body was found near dawn at a traffic circle in San Antonio de Belén.
The dead woman's older sister, Arelis, 28, was found wounded in the throat at a location near the Próspero Fernández highway. The companion, Angie Peraza Fernández, 25, was found about 2:30 a.m. in Alto de las Palomas de Heredia.
Miss Peraza lost her right eye when a bullet passed through her head. Bandits thought they killed all of the women, but the two survivors provided police with much information.
Rojas said that the car agents believe was used in the crime still is missing. He asked for the help of the public in locating it. He said it was a white Hyundai with luxury wheels.
Rojas did not link the captured suspects to the murders of three couples in similar fashion earlier in the year. But he said investigators still have a lot of work to do.
Investigators also confiscated a shotgun and a 9 mm pistol as well as a bullet-proof vest during the raids.
Francisco Dall'Anese, the nation's chief prosecutor, attributed the quick arrests to a computer informational system police have been using that allows all investigators access to crime details. </td></tr></tbody></table>
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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
(Posted at 7:05 p.m.)
The director of the judicial police said Friday that his agents have detained two men and a female minor in the murder of a hotel casino worker and the shooting of her sister and work companion.(Posted at 7:05 p.m.)
The director, Jorge Rojas, described the two men as common criminals who killed for pleasure whenever someone resisted a robbery. He also said that in a raid and search his agents found a cell telephone that belonged to a victim who was gunned down in a similar crime in July.
Rojas characterized the crimes as random robberies. He was grilled at a 6 p.m. press conference by reporters who suggested that there were other motives behind the actions of the men.
The arrests came early Friday when agents of the Judicial Investigating Organization raided three locations in the western community of Pavas. They raided the home of one suspect, the home of the other suspect's girlfriend and the home of a friend, said Rojas. One suspect was detained in his home and the other was captured in the center of San José, he added.
The crime took place early Tuesday as the three women left their work at the Jazz Casino in the White House Hotel high in the hills above Escazú centro. Two bandits intercepted the car in which the women were riding a short distance from the hotel and abducted them about 1:30 a.m.. The killers made one withdraw money from at an automatic teller and then took the women out of
</td> <td valign="top" width="300">their vehicle individually, made them kneel and then shot them in the head.
Yerlín Marín Salazar, 24, a mother of a 6-year-old child, was the woman murdered by the bandits. Her body was found near dawn at a traffic circle in San Antonio de Belén.
The dead woman's older sister, Arelis, 28, was found wounded in the throat at a location near the Próspero Fernández highway. The companion, Angie Peraza Fernández, 25, was found about 2:30 a.m. in Alto de las Palomas de Heredia.
Miss Peraza lost her right eye when a bullet passed through her head. Bandits thought they killed all of the women, but the two survivors provided police with much information.
Rojas said that the car agents believe was used in the crime still is missing. He asked for the help of the public in locating it. He said it was a white Hyundai with luxury wheels.
Rojas did not link the captured suspects to the murders of three couples in similar fashion earlier in the year. But he said investigators still have a lot of work to do.
Investigators also confiscated a shotgun and a 9 mm pistol as well as a bullet-proof vest during the raids.
Francisco Dall'Anese, the nation's chief prosecutor, attributed the quick arrests to a computer informational system police have been using that allows all investigators access to crime details. </td></tr></tbody></table>
Well said RP!
These guys are known to have robbed and killed others, but still they continue to be free to rob, rape, and murder more...why?
Costa Rica is more worried about what the world thinks of them then protecting its citizens.
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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Central America has to position itself as a region that bets on combating violence by means of prevention, changing the repressive vision for an integral and humanistic concept of security that seeks the rescue of its youth, said the security minster Tuesday.
The minister, Janina del Vecchio, was speaking to ministers from Costa Rica and other governments in the region at a conference discussing children at risk.
Ms. del Vecchio supported development of programs against family violence, trafficking of persons and those that promote human rights. She also said she wanted to be taught in the school system and in the communities how to fight against the use of illegal drugs. She heads the Ministerio de Gobernación, Policía y Seguridad Pública.
What bullshit.
This attitude towards criminals will continue and more people in costa rica will be killed and robbed. Noting is being done by the administration to protect its citizens. In fact, they are making it worse by not focusing on the neccesity to combat it. Reality does not win the day down here.
hno:
