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Violence in Costa Rica and the Rush to Blame Nicaragua

Summary by dissidentvoice.org
Traditionally regarded as safe for visitors, Costa Rica has recently become Central America’s second most dangerous country, with 400 homicides recorded so far this year. The violence is attributed to an epidemic of drug-related crime, as the country has become a major staging post for narcotics smuggled to Europe. Costa Rica just detained a former security minister and ex-judge for drug trafficking following a US extradition request. Even the U…

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Geneva, June 26. The Collective 46/2 denounces to the international community the assassination of the retired Major of the Nicaraguan Army, Roberto Samcam Ruíz, who took place on June 19 in his home in San José, Costa Rica. Samcam Ruíz was a forceful voice of denunciation against the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship, denounced the Nicaraguan army and pointed it out as a participant in the repression and extrajudicial executions committed since 2018.…

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dissidentvoice.org broke the news in on Thursday, June 26, 2025.
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