11.   The certification came despite U.S. concern that drug corruption has made Mexico ineffective in the battle against narcotics traffickers.

12.   The former DEA official, who asked not to be identified by name, said the United States has faced revelations about endemic drug corruption in Mexico many times.

13.   The spread of drug corruption has made Latin governments particularly eager to curb investigative reporting, but pressures for a free press are also growing.

14.   The willingness of the United States to ignore high-level drug corruption in Mexico makes it seem that American policy is to be nice to Mexico, no matter what.

15.   They would include the powerful Interior minister, Horacio Serpa, who has spent much of his tenure defending Samper from accusations of drug related corruption.

16.   This drug corruption greases the flow of narcotics into the United States.

17.   While the system of drug corruption largely persisted under Salinas, its faces often changed.

18.   Perez Balladares vowed in his campaign to fight drug corruption.

19.   A congressional panel, accused of being unfit to investigate President Ernesto Samper on charges of drug corruption, has been forced to suspend its probe.

20.   A party statement also praised the Supreme Court and prosecutors for their efforts to wipe out drug corruption.