Drug trafficking blamed as homicides soar in Costa Rica

Drug trafficking blamed as homicides soar in Costa Rica

Costa Rica’s murder rate has increased in the last four years.

Drug trafficking blamed as homicides soar in Costa Rica

The bloodshed in a country better known for its laid-back, 'it’s all good' outlook and its lack of a standing army has stirred a public outcry.

Drug trafficking blamed as homicides soar in Costa Rica

Drug trafficking blamed as homicides soar in Costa Rica found at WISH-TV | Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather | Indiana Traffic LIMON, Costa Rica (AP) — In this colorful Caribbean port, where cruise ship passengers are whisked to jungle adventures in Costa Rica’s interior, locals try to be home by dark and police patrol with high-caliber guns in the face of soaring drug violence. Costa Rica logged a record 657 homicides last year and Limon – wi…

Drug trafficking blamed as homicides soar in Costa Rica

Costa Rica had become an "enormous warehouse" of drugs and an operations center for exports to Europe, authorities said.

Drug trafficking blamed as homicides soar in Costa Rica

In this colorful Caribbean port, where cruise ship passengers are whisked to jungle adventures in Costa Rica's interior, locals try to be home by dark and police patrol with high-caliber guns in the face of soaring drug violence.

Drug trafficking blamed as homicides soar in Costa Rica

LIMON, Costa Rica (AP) -- In this colorful Caribbean port, where cruise ship passengers are whisked to jungle adventures in Costa Rica's interior, locals try to be home by dark and police patrol with high-caliber guns in the face of soaring drug violence.