Police on Friday night raided the popular Hotel Del Rey, in search of dangerous Nicaraguan women who may be working in Costa Rica as prostitutes. During the raid, immigration officers confiscated the passports of foreign women and issued them orders to appear at the immigration police station in La Uruca.
Every year there is a mass migration of Nicaraguans occurs as they go home for Christmas, and then return to Costa Rica in January. The phenomenon is part of the reason why the levels of talent tend to drop at Holiday Time in Costa Rica.