President Laura Fernandez
Security forces evacuated Costa Rica’s president on Friday during a tour of a mining area after a loud explosion rang out.
Conservative populist President Laura Fernandez later told reporters she was unharmed after the scare in the town of Crucitas near the border with Nicaragua.
Fernandez and several lawmakers were touring an area known for having unlicensed gold mines when the blast of unknown origin prompted bodyguards with guns to rush her away into a car, video footage from the scene showed.
“It felt like what you see in a movie,” Fernandez said. “They grab you by the hair, throw you to the ground and put you” in a car, she said.
