COSTA RICA: Growing Crime Worries Ticos...And Tourists.

                                  GLOBAL POST / A. Leff
    Nearly half of the nation's residents worry about soaring crime...as narcos slowly infiltrate from neighboring crime-wracked countries.
    The percentage of Ticos who were crime victims...doubled...from 1997-2008.
    And Ticos are blaming their politicos.
    New President Laura Chinchilla's approval rating...was just 26% in the latest poll.