The Judiciary Investigative Agency (OIJ) confirmed the arrest this Wednesday morning of the suspect of robbing and raping a 19-year-old Canadian tourist back in July 22.

The man, 36 years-of-age and of last names Ferrey Vilchez apparently offered the foreigner transportation service from San Jose to Puerto Viejo, Limon; however, at some point they stopped in Guapiles where they purchased some items and took money out of an ATM and afterwards the man took the young woman to a rented room where according to her statement he raped her.

The man finally took the tourist to the Turrialba bus station where she boarded a bus to Puerto Viejo, Limón.

The victim reported the crime last week in the offices of the OIJ in Talamanca, encouraged by a Costa Rican friend who told her to file the report. The suspect was identified through the cameras of the stores and ATM they used, he was arrested in his home in Hatillo 8, San José and transferred to the criminal court of Pococí, Limón.

This crime is reported just days after the murder of two foreign women in Costa Rica, one in the area of Santa Teresa and a second one in Tortuguero. A German woman also recently reported being a victim of sexual assault in Tortuguero.