Jeff Dunsavage's Blog Posts Tagged 'Canada' (8)

The Honduran government is asking for help from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in solving a five-month-old homicide case involving a Canadian citizen. Themy-Alexandre Vallée, 34, was shot outside a bar on the island of Roatan while on vacation in Honduras in October 2012. His friends and family have been questioning why the suspect, whose identity is known to police, hasn’t been arrested.…

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The mother of a man slain in Honduras in October is asking the Canadian government to put pressure on Honduran authorities to catch her son's killer. Chantal Vallée's son Themy-Alexandre Vallée, 34, was shot in the head outside a bar on the island of Roatan, a popular destination for divers and other tourists.

Honduran police have arrested a suspected accomplice in the slaying of the Montreal man, who was an officer with the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. However, Vallée…

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Please take a moment to read this and share it widely. We never know from what source help may come.

This article is all I have so far, from The Australian:

 

A 23-year-old American tourist has been reported missing in the Amazon region of Ecuador, the US embassy in Quito said today. Hugh Graham Murray was first reported missing on Monday, officials said, after he disappeared following a trip to the remote town of Macas in…

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Though this letter to the Tico Times describing a reader's negative experience with the Canadian embassy in Costa Rica is not about a missing person, it illustrates the experience of so many families in the Missing Americans Project Community:"I am saddened to see the lack of interest and… Continue

It looks as if the Ottawa Citizen was a bit loose in its language. Canada does not have an official travel advisory out on Costa Rica - but the Foreign Affairs website advises as follows:

Travellers should be alert to their surroundings near the ports of Limón and Puntarenas. In San José, high-risk areas for theft include the Coca Cola bus station, the inner downtown area and the public parks. Travellers should also be cautious in Tamarindo, Jaco, Quepos and Manuel Antonio on…

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Re: my previous post - the Canada Foreign Affairs Office's website does not say anything about a travel advisory for parts of Costa Rica, conflicting with the report published in the Ottawa Citizen. If Canada's Foreign Affairs Office is anything like the U.S. State Dept., it might… Continue

According to this article in the Ottawa Citizen.