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Costa Rica: Execution in San José

Surprise and dismay in the Samcam family after the case is closed in Costa Rica The Public Prosecutor's Office of Costa Rica ordered the fiscal closure of the criminal case that seeks to identify the intellectual author of the murder of retired Major Roberto Samcam, a Nicaraguan refugee in Costa Rica, who was executed in his home in Moravia, San José, on June 19, 2025. “Once the case has been studied and corroborated [...] The entry Surprise and dismay in the Samcam family after the case is closed in Costa Rica was first published on Confidencial.

Event details

Disorder type
political violence
Event type
execution
Sub-event
abduction/forced disappearance
Interaction
state forces
Key actors
Media
Location
San José
Coordinates
36.9168, -121.3784
Source platform
rss

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