You can help by referring or renting or the Infinity View house, where almost all of the proceeds go directly to the family affected and to the legal fund to help reclaim the Castillo Del Mar Property from armed squatters.
Costa Rica used to be a land of Tourism but now is a land of Terrorism!
Pura Vida? More Like Pura precarista!
Dont
visit Costa Rica!
And most definitely dont buy in Costa Rica. You are just funding Costa Rican
armed criminal organizations.
This is one of those HORROR stories you only hear about.... right?
We have
learned that nobody really owns their Costa rica Land or Property. The deed/title
is not worth the paper it is printed on! The only way to obtain concessions
is endless amounts of Bribes to governmental officals that we refuse to do
despite being threatened and assaulted nearly to death.
After owning this vacation home for nine years, armed squatters Oh and I do
mean armed (with sawed off shotgun and AK-47's, along with the corrupt members
of the municipality of Osa in Cortez have now forcefully taken control of
this vacation property: castleofthesea.com. They have done so with armed robbery,
intimidation and continued threats along with falsified documents information.
I urge you to think twice about Costa Rica or your family could just as easily
fall victim to these ungoverned criminals.
This property has been taken over by numerous armed criminals and druglords
influenced by very powerful people. Who else carries AK-47's in a Tourist
country? The process is unfortunately all too common in Costa Rica. It is
known as squatting. We feel obligated to inform American and Costa Rican Tourists
that the municipality of Osa in Cortez and the Dominical police and most definitely
parts of the OIJ (the FBI of Costa Rica) will not assist and actually are
aiding in the crime. They closed the case! They gave back pictures of the
stolen jewelry and said they wont be able to find it anyway. They never even
pursued an investigation! The police are so corrupt that they have actually
filed numerous criminal charges and an arrest warrant on the owner of the
property for entering his own home, when he tried to rid the armed squatters.
The government and cops are alleging that the owner stole the property! From
who? armed criminals and a drug Mafia? This is ridiculous!
The owner has tried all legal processes to rid the armed squatters, but all
attempts have been unsuccessful. He has been extorted for thousands upon thousands
of dollars in bribes which really only fuel Costa Rica's corruption and make
the situation worse. Since the owner has not been compliant in giving endless
amounts of money to the police and Mafia he was robbed and beaten at gunpoint
and pistol whipped, giving him over twenty stitches in his forehead, as well
as battering his wife. They are lucky to have escaped with their lives as
many of these armed squatters will readily kill americans who stand in their
place. The twist in this robbery is that the six armed gunmen were wearing
and used masks, uniform boots, grayish-blue pants, handcuffs, and 38caliber
long nose hand guns, equipment and weapons that typically only the police
have access to. hmmm makes you wonder doesn't it? great
place to take the family!
Not only were the armed robbers wearing police gear they new the dog and the victims by name. When they had the spouse handcuffed to the tiolet, the assaulters kept kicking and beating her demanding to know when is "Bruce coming home" There were a few times when some of the names were accidentally called out when Bruce struggled against the attackers, one was "Pana" Juan Carlos Bolanos' best friends!
We will never rest until we hear of a resolution.
I strongly
urge all people planning to visit Costa Rica to stay away from a country that
accepts and harbors such criminal behavior and corruption.
Update: Since the posting of this article the following occured. Sounds like
someone is trying to cover their tracks..
Bandits make off with computers at Muncipalidad de Osa By José Pablo
Ramírez Vindas of the A.M. Costa Rica staff Armed robbers descended
on the Municipalidad de Osa and took 11 computers containing vital information
including business licenses, plans, permits and information about maritime
concessions. The robbery took place Thursday, and the men wore masks and carried
two AK-47 rifles and a shotgun. The municipal building is in Cortez, and the
area of jurisdiction stretches from north of Dominical to the north half of
the Osa Peninsula in the south. Now the municipal workers are forced to do
the daily business by hand with pen and paper. Fernando Jimenes, an aide to
the municipal mayor, confirmed that the CPUs taken by the men contain vital
information. He said several home robberies had been reported in the area.
The guard at the municipal building was tricked and then overpowered by four
men. The Judicial Investigating Organization said that one robber approached
the guard shack about 8 p.m. and asked the security officer for a drink of
water. While the man was distracted, the three masked men with guns showed
up and then tied up the guard, said investigators. The guard told investigators
that the armed men were all dressed in black and wore gloves, said the Judicial
Investigating Organization. They took the guard to an interior room of the
municipal building and took his keys. Despite having the keys, agents reported
that the men cut the locks on the doors to gain access to the computers with
the municipal records. The haul from the robbery included 450,000 colons (about
$865) that was to be used to pay for transporting voters during the referendum
election Sunday, the 11 CPUs, seven computer screens and a 2007 Toyota Hi-Lux,
said agents. The municipality recently was criticized by the Contraloría
de la República for its failure to supervise a maritime concession
in Dominical, and additional reviews of documents were anticipated. Much of
the documents at the municipal building also exist in hard copies, but it
is not known how well they have been archived. Municipalities share responsibility
for granting development concessions of public beach land with the Instituto
Costarricense de Turismo.
Costa Rica used to be a land of Tourism but now is a land of Terrorism.
We want to thank the Blake Schmidt for running these articles, nobody else would help at the time. The corruption goes so deep that the reporter, Blake was fired, and he had to relocate to another country!
Not only is this organized group trying to cover their tracks but they are also now attacking the owners credibility.
Who is the real victim here? Is there any justice out there? I guess not!
(update 11/04/07) It has been confirmed that multiple people are involved, due to the fact that the tico times has received tips from typical Dominical residents that Bruce the owner owes money. To who for what? Amazing how people like to talk, but never show their lying face. We have lived in and rented this home since 1997!
This is another thing about Costa Rica. Do you really want to visit and or live in a place that your gringo neighbors conspire against you because they have nothing better to do. Or because they are envious or maybe just because Costa Rica is the really the last place that will take these scandalist expats. Half of them would go to jail if they tried to return to the states. They are nice to tourists because they fund these demented people, but try and live there and its a whole different story. Most Ticos are great I love them but its these fellow americans that really put the icing on the cake. The fact is, the only one probably owing money is the same deviants evading the IRS, calling in to the Tico Times and saying Bruce the owner owes money. To who for what? Probably another attempt at a bribe..
This "Tico Denies Squatting Charges" article enfuriates me! Not only because there is so much that is not true, Juan Carlos contradicts himself. But the real frustration is the fact that the real people involved and behind this whole thing are not being sought after. The fact is even if we did get the indigent Juan Carlos out of our house this armed criminal organization would just put another deviant in his place.
Fact: Juan Carlos Bolanos has been to jail before for assaulting a city attorney in a court room. And has a long criminal record.
Costa Rica is so corrupt that the police refuse to arrest Juan Carlos despite having arrest warrants.
This reality is a nightmare, but we will never give up this is our home for Christ's sake!
If this were to happen in the united states the armed Mafia would be taken out in a matter of hours.
We are going on 6 months now! The prosecuting attorney, Sergio Guiterez must be so busy that he can't get to our case for almost half a year and counting.
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