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| Police survey what amounts to
a quarrying operation along a river in Siquirres. Part of the backhoe
that was loading the gravel and sand can be seen in the foreground. |
 Ministerio de Gobernación,
Policía y Seguridad Pública photo
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Police grab 10 at unapproved
quarry operation at river
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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The move was a bold one. Bring in heavy equipment and extract sand and gravel from the Río Cocal in Siquirres de Limón. Doing that is a big no no in Costa Rica if those involved do not have permits from the environmental ministry and its watchdog unit. Verny Jiménez, chief of the Fuerza Pública in Siquirres credited a member of the local security committee for spotting loaded trucks leaving property that had access to the river. |
When police arrived they detained
10 persons, including the property
owner. Officers said that they found a backhoe and seven dump trucks in
various stages of being loaded. Nine of those detained are employees of various firms, said police. Some tried to flee but police blocked the only exit from the riverbank. Police said that some trees and some riverbank was destroyed by the operation. Those who seek to do such work, even on their own land, are required to obtain permission from the Ministerio de Ambiente, Energía y Telecomunicaciones and its Secretaria Técnica Nacional Ambiental. |
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Bandits ambush Alajuela man
after he gets money at bank
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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Someone knew that a Río Secundo de Alajuela man was carrying a lot of cash when he left the bank Monday morning. When the man arrived at his home, four men on motorcycles pulled pistols on him and made him surrender about 7 million colons, some $12,500. The victim, identified by the last name of Castro, is 35 |
years old, said the Judicial
Investigating Organization. He had just
arrived in his truck when the robbers appeared, agents said. This was
about 11 a.m. Castro had just visited a bank branch in the center of Alajuela, agents said. The bandits demanded the cash and shot him in the stomach when he did not comply. They broke the truck window to get the money, agents said. The bandits had their faces covered with motorcycle helmets and visors, said agents. |
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