1.   Cartel leaders had made conditional surrender offers in the past, but the government refused to concede to demands.

2.   It was not immediately known if Garcia Abrego, who last year reportedly tried to negotiate a conditional surrender, had turned himself in.

3.   Several of the cartel leaders have made conditional surrender offers in the past, but the government has refused to concede to demands.

4.   The cartel leaders had made conditional surrender offers in the past, and their lawyers had met intermittently with government prosecutors to discuss what sentences the traffickers might face.

5.   The conditional surrender offer was reported by an opposition commander, Nahidullah, who said it was made during negotiations conducted by radio with the Taliban.

6.   Afghan militia leaders had tried new efforts to negotiate with the fighters to leave their complex of caves and tunnels after an earlier offer of conditional surrender was rejected.