1.   Both argued that it was about time all cartel members revised their production strategies, with large producers cutting back to support prices.

2.   But crackdowns have created a shortage of dollars within the cartel, and since August, cartel members have been selling real estate in areas including Cali for cash.

3.   But hundreds of other businesses, from large corporations to local delicatessens, refused to switch carting companies even after Browning Ferris offered much lower bids than cartel members.

4.   He declined to name the cartel member.

5.   In the New York trials, extraordinary security prevailed, significantly more elaborate than in trials of drug cartel members, for example.

6.   Indeed, analysts remained skeptical that the cuts would be enough to satisfy all cartel members.

7.   Last week, Mexican officials told reporters that they made much progress last year in arresting cartel members and seizing illicit narcotics shipments.

8.   Law-enforcement agencies have attached great importance to the investigation of the six lawyers and dozens of suspected cartel members.

9.   Numerous organizations have filed lawsuits against cartel members to recover billions more.

10.   Prosecutors believe Restrepo contacted cartel members in New York to plot the shooting.