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Las Américas case: Prosecutors win appeal after acquittal in double killing of young mothers in Limón

From La Nación · () Spanish

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  • Costa Rican prosecutors won an appeal against the acquittal of two alleged members of the criminal group La H in the killings of Kristel Patricia Aguilar and Nahomy Ramírez.
  • The women, aged 21 and 23, were killed in Limón between February 17 and 18, 2023.
  • The suspects will face a new trial after the Limón Prosecutor’s Office challenged the earlier ruling.

The suspects in the Las Américas case will face a new trial after prosecutors in Limón successfully appealed their acquittal in the killings of two young women.

Kristel Patricia Aguilar, 21, and her friend Nahomy Ramírez Jiménez, 23, were killed in Limón between February 17 and 18, 2023, according to the prosecution.

The appeal challenged a ruling by the Appeals Court for the Second Judicial Circuit of San José. That court had acquitted two alleged members of the criminal group known as La H in May of this year.

The Limón Prosecutor’s Office won the appeal, sending the case back toward a new trial for the suspects accused in the double killing.

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