Drug violence threatens Costa Rica. The authorities are looking for how to respond to the crisis after the record number of homicides in 2023.

The productive sectors fear the impact of money laundering on different sectors. A murder is no longer news, a shooting in broad daylight is not unusual either and an execution in front of a school has happened before, but last Monday there were children injured by gunshots. This is a tragic novelty for 2024 in the disturbing violent escalation of crime to levels that exceed the capabilities of the State to quell it with current resources.