Costa Rica’s Crucitas Gold Crisis Deepens as Illegal Mining Spreads

Costa Rica is facing one of its most difficult environmental and security tests in years as illegal gold mining spreads through Crucitas, a remote area in the northern zone near the Nicaraguan border. What began as a disputed mining concession has become a broader national crisis involving organized crime, toxic contamination, unsafe tunnels, foreign miners, […] The post Costa Rica’s Crucitas Gold Crisis Deepens as Illegal Mining Spreads appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News |...