Hollywood star Mel Gibson has ignored safety warnings from the US
government and is going ahead with his move to an isolated part of Costa
Rica.
The Ransom actor, 51, plans to move his wife Robyn and seven children
300 miles away from their home in California to a $26 million ranch in a
rural area that is known as "bandit territory".
Ignoring official US government warnings, Gibson has put two properties
in California and Connecticut on the market to finance his move to the
densely wooded estate in the Guanacaste province on Costa Rica's northern
Pacific coast.
A State Department briefing warns that all American visitors there are
"potential targets for criminals and kidnappers" and should
never travel alone.
It adds, "Local law enforcement agencies have limited capabilities
and do not operate according to US standards."