They blocked their way and, when Arelis, the driver, wanted to flee in reverse, the shots from her captors made her give up. They had barely advanced 200 meters when they were intercepted by another car on a lonely street. She had to undergo multiple surgeries to have her cheek and eyelid reconstructed, although she lost sight in her right eye, smell and taste.Īlmost at midnight on Monday, October 27, 2008, Angie and the sisters Arelis and Yerlin Marín Salazar left work in a vehicle.

Photo: Courtesy.Īngie Peraza was shot twice in the head and left for dead she was left lying in a vacant lot, but she got up to survive. Peraza says that she lives grateful to God and, although some of the trauma still persists, she forgave the gunmen. Thirteen years later, she remembers how she managed to survive that night of terror when two men subjected her and two of her coworkers to robbery and rape and even tried to murder them all.

QCOSTARICA – Angie Peraza Fernández, one of the three saloneras (waitresses) of the White House restaurant and casino, located where Fogo Rodicio is today, in San Antonio de Escazú, affirms that she has managed to get out of the worst circumstances.