11.   Earlier this month, Perez Balladares denied newspaper reports that his administration had been reluctant to pursue drug traffickers.

12.   In each case, the government said the incidents grew out of security forces pursuing drug traffickers.

13.   President Ernesto Samper called an emergency meeting of his ministers and ordered renewed operations by an elite police unit created to pursue drug traffickers.

14.   President Ernesto Samper and top law enforcement officials held an emergency meeting and ordered renewed operations by an elite police unit created to pursue drug traffickers.

15.   The United States also gave Trinidad a cutter to pursue traffickers.

16.   The United States also wants permission to pursue suspected traffickers into Dominican territory.

17.   Venezuela should be included because it cooperates closely with the United States to pursue drug traffickers that use Venezuela as a transit point, Davila argued.