1.   Agents found with ties to drug smugglers have been suspended, fired and even charged with crimes.

2.   Drug smugglers, beware!

3.   Four federal agents have been convicted this decade of either smuggling drugs or helping other drug smugglers.

4.   To drug smugglers, a convenient crossing point.

5.   One, Gov. Mario Villanueva, is under investigation for alleged links to drug smugglers.

6.   Salinas has denied any ties to drug smugglers, saying the millions of dollars in his Swiss accounts were an investment fund pooled by several wealthy friends.

7.   The gang, called the Benedictos, has been linked to drug smugglers in Tijuana, Mexico, and includes members from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.

8.   The Soviet breakup proved a boon to drug smugglers, as once-sealed borders opened up.