1.   There has been a lessening effort in attempts to capture major traffickers.

2.   When a mid-level trafficker named Hector Luis Palma was captured by army troops in Guadalajara last month, federal police agents were accused of protecting him.

3.   Gelbard said the campaign seemed to be more about conquering territory than eliminating drug refineries or capturing traffickers.

4.   Many alleged traffickers have been captured in Mexico.

5.   In a written statement to Time, Colombian President Ernesto Samper said he had concluded that merely capturing drug traffickers was ineffective.