Beltrán Cortés Carvajal

Beltrán Cortés Carvajal was a notorious figure in Costa Rican history, known for his involvement in a double homicide in 1938, where he murdered Ricardo Moreno Cañas and Carlos Echandi Lahmann. His life was marked by a tragic deformity and health issues resulting from a severe injury and untreated syphilis, leading to his imprisonment. Cortés became a subject of public fascination, culminating in a controversial display of his incarceration as a form of entertainment ordered by the government.