Two More Fugitives Detained by INTERPOL
The International Police organization (INTERPOL) detained two foreigner Saturday, wanted in their countries for extortion and drug trafficking.

Mark Pullano, wanted by the United States for smuggling drugs into theU U.S. from Mexico.

Pullano was located by INTERPOL agents in a area called Cerro de la Muerte.

In Bahía Ballena, Península de Osa, on the west coast, INTERPOL agents detained French national, Gary Pierce, wanted in his country for extortion.

Pullano was wanted by a Distric Court in Pennsylvania and is facing multiple charges related to drug trafficking. An order for his arrest went out in October of 2004, where Pullano is suspected of heading an organization that imported thousands of kilos of drugs in to the U.S. from Mexico.

Immigration records indicate that Pullano entered Costa Rica last September.

In the case of the Frenchman, an arrest warrant was issued in Paris in 2002, wanted of crimes committed in Cannes.

INTERPOL had been on the heels of the fugitive for some time, concentrating their efforts in the Guanacaste region. In November of 1999, Pierce, along with other foreign nationals, founded Chapeau Rouge S.A., a tourism based company and was named president in 2001.

According to authorities, Pierce was not in hiding. While in Costa Rica, immigration records show that he came and went several times, visiting Venezuela, Panama and Trinidad.

Bahía Ballena is 18 kilometres from Dominical.