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.
“They examined me as per protocol, but I am fine,” she added.
The footage shows Fernandez initially lying on the ground after the explosion with bodyguards covering her as protection.
The president told reporters the incident showed what
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