🔪 Another presidential assassination attempt?

Just two weeks before their country’s national elections, Costa Ricans were shocked this week by news reports of an alleged plan to assassinate right-wing President Rodrigo Chaves, who is looking to reform the constitution in order to run for a second term.

In a writ filed in court, Costa Rica’s Intelligence and Security Directorate said that a confidential informant alerted their organization to a plan to hire a hitman that was cancelled at the last minute, headed by opposition activist Stella Chinchilla Mora, who denies any wrongdoing and claims that evidence was fabricated…

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