81.   Responding to written questions by El Tiempo newspaper, Perez said he opposed involvement in drug trafficking but said some former rebels had gone into the business.

82.   Rosado Rosario was the head of an international drug trafficking and money laundering organization with ties to Colombian cartels, the indictment alleged.

83.   Saudi executioners Monday beheaded two more Turks convicted in Islamic courts of drug trafficking, the Interior Ministry said.

84.   Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Rushailo announced that the ministers signed accords Saturday on combating illicit alcohol trading and drug trafficking, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

85.   Southeast Asian countries agreed Friday to try standardizing some of their laws to combat terrorism, arms smuggling, drug trafficking and other cross-border crime.

86.   Some formed gangs, often with police or army connections, specializing in extortion, car theft, drug trafficking and kidnapping.

87.   That view got a boost Wednesday, when authorities announced the arrest of one of the most prominent such witnesses, Salvatore Contorno, on drug trafficking charges.

88.   Spanish police working with Italian law enforcement officials arrested an alleged Mafia boss wanted in Italy for murder, drug trafficking and Mafia association, officials said Thursday.

89.   Still in custody, the men will be tried here for falsification of documents and drug trafficking, the statement said.

90.   Suspects were arrested on charges including murder, criminal association, drug trafficking and arson attacks.