San José, Jan 29, 2026 (AFP) - Burying the teens lost to gang warfare in Costa Rica

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Mauren Jimenez cleans houses and cares for the sick to earn a living in Costa Rica. But her true vocation is ensuring that youths killed in her country's drug wars get a dignified burial. Shootouts between rival drug dealers are a daily occurrence in the steep streets of Jimenez's hillside "precario," or informal settlement, in the Alajuelita district of the capital San Jose. The 54-year-old community leader helps hard-up families in the neighbor......

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