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      <title>Costa Rica opens 5,100-capacity maximum-security prison modelled on El Salvador's</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:50:31 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description>Costa Rica's President Laura Fernández inaugurated the CACCO maximum-security prison on 14 October, after homicides reached record levels. Coverage differs on whether to stress the crime context or the regional spread of the Bukele model and its rights concerns. (4 outlets: 1 left · 2 centre · 1 right)</description>
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      <title>74-year-old American found dead in Playas del Coco, Costa Rica; police seek woman</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:40:54 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description>Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Agency is asking the public to help identify a woman suspected of homicide after a 74-year-old American, named only as "Fleming", was found dead with head injuries in a Playas del Coco condo on Sept. 27. (2 outlets: 0 left · 0 centre · 2 right)</description>
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