31.   A former Medellin cocaine cartel leader awaiting extradition to the United States got a reprieve on Friday when a judge suspended his handover.

32.   A letter to a Bogota newspaper, purportedly signed by jailed cartel leaders, says they gave money to help Samper narrowly win the election against a Conservative rival.

33.   A suspected cocaine dealer reputed to be chief of a new generation of Cali drug cartel leaders surrendered to authorities Friday.

34.   A third top cartel leader, Jose Santacruz, was gunned down at a police roadblock in March after escaping from prison.

35.   After leaving government service, Abbell represented reputed Cali cartel leader Gilberto Rodriguez-Orejuela.

36.   After President Ernesto Samper was elected in June, audiotapes of cartel leaders discussing giving a large donation to his campaign emerged.

37.   After the six Cali cartel leaders were arrested, President Ernesto Samper declared the Cali cartel dead.

38.   An anti-cartel offensive, assisted by U.S. agents, has netted the arrest or surrender of six cartel leaders, and a trove of damning documents.

39.   Another asks about evidence that Victor Patino, a jailed Cali cartel leader, attended a fund-raiser for Samper at an exclusive Bogota hotel shortly before the election.

40.   Another young cartel leader, Juan Carlos Ramirez, turned himself in earlier this month.