U.S. Fugitive Detained in Costa Rica
Costa Rica police detained a
U.S. fugitive wanted for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to
distribute drugs in Kansas City, Mo., authorities announced Thursday.
The arrest ends a three-year manhunt for Steven James Cullinane, who
police had long suspected to be living in this Central American nation.
Costa Rica's Security Ministry said Cullinane, 36, was detained on
Wednesday at Jacó Beach on the Pacific coast, where he identified
himself to police as Patrick Connan Cullinane.
Cullininae is being held pending extradition to the United States.
Cullinane faces a 2001 federal indictment charging him with conspiracy
to distribute cocaine and marijuana. The charges allege that between
1998 and 2000, Cullinane was involved in a conspiracy to distribute
cocaine and marijuana from Mexico and Colorado to Kansas City, Mo.
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