All of the above is what ticks me off about the white guy "statue" at the airport exit after you leave customs and the billboards around there warning foreign tourists about not doing this. The mayor of a major Canton in CR gets caught last week, what happens? Free, no bail, can't hold public office 6 months, all done in two days after they caught him and his top aide with 600 dvd's of minors and after 4 months of under cover investigation by OIJ, their FBI, the closest you are going to get to what we would call the real "police" in CR for the most part.
My tica amiga lives in his Canton, she said rumors were out for months that he was pimping minors and nobody was surprised about the outcome. My gringo friends in Quepos, capitol of the Canton, mostly biz owners, are fit to be tied because this is the same guy that has stalled every police reform and initiative.
If you have ever been a victim of a crime there, like my amiga, forget about them doing anything. I went with her to the police station one night after I got to her place and after she had an incident with her ex. He had pushed her around, slapped her, tore her blouse and threw her cell phone into the bush. Guess what? He followed us and parked 100 meters from the front of the station, (the one by Pali in Quepos). She told them and pointed him out. They didn't even write a report. He peeled off laughing at us.
Recent polls in CR that have been published show that fear of crime and the insecurity is their biggest worry, and there's alot of other stuff to be worried about.
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