Guilty or Not? The 10 Most Ridiculous Things Blamed On Google
# 09 Google Maps Error Lead to Costa Rican Invasion
Date: November 5, 2010
In 2010, Nicaraguan troops Commander Eden Pastora lead his troops and invaded a part of Costa Rica, which he thought belongs to Nicaragua. He even took down the Costa Rican flag and raised a Nicaraguan one. Later Pastora and the government officials blamed Google for the error in Google maps which lead them to the accidental invasion. Google in turn blamed U.S. state department for providing faulty border data.
