31.   Thousands of police across Colombia searched Friday for a Cali drug cartel kingpin who slipped out of a high-security prison.

32.   Three cartel kingpins, including Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela, remain at large.

33.   Washington has argued for retroactive extradition because it would open the way to send jailed Cali drug cartel kingpins to the United States.

34.   William Rodriguez, son of jailed Cali cartel kingpin Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela, was shot six times as he dined at a fancy Brazilian restaurant last week.

35.   He succeeded former Gulf cartel kingpin Juan Garcia Abrego, who was arrested here last year and deported for trial in the United States.

36.   An agent for the US Drug Enforcement Administration also said the money had direct ties to drug cartel kingpins.

37.   Army and police agents who joined forces have nabbed suspected Guadalajara drug cartel kingpin Pedro Lupercio Serratos, officials said.

38.   Top Colombian authorities vowed Friday their massive manhunt would net the Cali cartel kingpin who made an apparently effortless escape from a high-security prison.

39.   No charges are pending against the alleged cartel kingpin for possessing or distributing drugs, the sources said.