21.   The kingpins have eluded the authorities, specialists say.

22.   The longer Vasquez eluded authorities, the more his legend grew.

23.   The new policy follows recent high-profile cases involving paroled sex offenders who eluded authorities to harm children.

24.   The police are now looking into his time here and want to know whether anyone helped him elude the authorities.

25.   The seven hardened criminals who escaped from a Texas prison and successfully eluded the authorities for nearly six weeks were crafty but far from brilliant.

26.   They also contended that their client was being tried as a scapegoat for Escobar, who for years eluded authorities and amassed a fortune in cocaine profits.

27.   To elude authorities who rely on such profiles, traffickers became equal opportunity employers.

28.   Transient families, however, often elude authorities and frustrate the system, child advocates agree.

29.   U.S. officials say he died after undergoing cosmetic surgery in Mexico City, apparently in an effort to alter his appearance so he could elude authorities.

30.   Until last Friday, when police finally caught up with him, Greene managed to elude the authorities by changing his name and avoiding licenses and credit cards.