San Juan del Sur is a coastal town on the Pacific Ocean, in south-west Nicaragua. The town is a popular tourist location because of its many nearby and spectacular beaches. San Juan del Sur is popular among surfers and is a vacation spot for many Nicaraguan families from Managua. It is located at around . Its population is approximately 18,500.
U.S. Attacks
While supporting the Contras in the 1980s, U.S. forces attacked San Juan del Sur on March 7, 1984. [1]
Legal Controversy
A local judicial court in nearby Rivas has received international media attention for the conviction, overturned on appeal, of American magazine publisher Eric Volz, accused of raping and murdering his Nicaraguan ex-girlfriend in her dress shop in San Juan del Sur on November 21, 2006.
