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12/10/07

06:27:38 am, Categories: Costa Rica's Legal System, Living in Costa Rica, 964 words

Judges Are a Girl's Best Friend When Extortion's Afoot

New chapter: 'I want my house back!'

By Garland M. Baker
Special to A.M. Costa Rica

The second part of a true story of an expat's agony and defeat is supposed to end today. The Gringo has to pay his girlfriend to get his house back.

This poor man was thrown out of his house one evening for raising his voice to his girlfriend’s adult son, a punk rock type known to use hard drugs like crack cocaine. The expat spent the night in a very cold and uncomfortable jail cell. In the lockup, he had to listen to his girlfriend yuck it up with the police officers who arrested him.

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