{"id":322061,"date":"2026-01-14T10:56:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322061"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:56:22","slug":"costa-ricas-security-director-says-plot-to-assassinate-president-uncovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322061","title":{"rendered":"Costa Rica&#8217;s security director says plot to assassinate president uncovered"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--XoUSmCsG--\/c_crop,h_900,w_1600,x_0,y_167\/c_fill,g_auto,h_468,w_830\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/01\/14\/ap26013748528011.jpg?itok=lQBe7UdB\" alt=\"Costa Rica's security director says plot to assassinate president uncovered\" title=\"Costa Rica's security director says plot to assassinate president uncovered\"\/><figcaption>Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SAN JOS\u00c9, Jan 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Costa Rica\u2019s national security chief revealed details of an alleged plot to assassinate President Rodrigo Chaves ahead of presidential and legislative elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jorge Torres, director of the Intelligence and National Security Directorate, told journalists about the plot allegations as he prepared to file a formal complaint at the public prosecutor&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat we received is confidential information that I would like to put on record in the complaint. I don\u2019t want to go into detail, but I would simply like to tell you that it concerns the life of the president of the Republic,\u201d Torres told local media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Torres said a call was received from a woman who reported a supposed plot against Chaves, adding a payment had been made to a hitman. Torres also reported that security was being reinforced for the conservative populist leader, who has sought to present himself as a politician who is tough-on-crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Torres spoke as El Salvador\u2019s President Nayib Bukele, who has gained fame for his controversial security crackdown, was scheduled to visit the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, Chaves is scheduled to lay the cornerstone of a new \u201c mega-prison \u201d that Costa Rica plans to build, modelled on a facility built by Bukele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Costa Rica will hold presidential and legislative elections on Feb 1. While Chaves is ineligible to run for re-election, the ruling party\u2019s Laura Fern\u00e1ndez is among the presidential candidates. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN JOS\u00c9, Jan 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Costa Rica\u2019s national security chief revealed details of an alleged plot to assassinate President Rodrigo Chaves ahead of presidential and legislative elections. Jorge Torres, director of the Intelligence and National Security Directorate, told journalists about the plot allegations as he prepared to file a formal complaint at the public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322061"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322062,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322061\/revisions\/322062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}