Overview

• Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Agency said a 20-year-old identified by the surname Carvajal is believed to be the gunman, with two of the detainees allegedly accompanying him at the scene.
• Agents conducted three raids in north San José and arrested another suspect in Cañas, Guanacaste province, capturing four people since Thursday.
• An alleged intermediary who organized the group is among those detained, and the intermediary’s girlfriend is also in custody, according to authorities.
• Investigators are still searching for a fifth suspect and are assessing whether the operation was directed by actors outside Costa Rica.
• Officials note similarities to a 2024 attempted killing of opposition figure Joao Salgado, citing a shared driver neighborhood and a clumsy modus operandi, while UN experts have urged stronger protection for Nicaraguan exiles following Samcam’s June slaying.