Four US tourists and a Costa Rican guide have been killed in a weekend rafting accident in the Central American country.
Three rafts flipped on the Naranjo River on Saturday around 3pm local time, and the five victims were carried away downstream, according to Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Organism.
Other passengers managed to cling to the rafts and some were rescued by another guide in a kayak.
In total there were 14 tourists aboard the rafts and five guides.
The Red Cross said on Facebook that the rafts overturned near Liverpool de Quepos.
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Authorities said the river was swollen by rains. The National Emergency Commission maintained an alert in the area due to the possibility of flooding.
