21.   He ripped police and prosecutors for falsely portraying Sammy the Bull as a drug kingpin when surveillance records do not support such a label.

22.   He was ratted out by a self-avowed drug kingpin, who bargained for a more lenient sentence.

23.   He voted against the death penalty for murderers, terrorists and drug kingpins.

24.   However, they acknowledged that Garcia Abrego has not been active in drug operations for years and that other drug kingpins have moved into his territory.

25.   If Torres is convicted of those murders, he could be eligible for the death penalty under the federal law that authorizes it for drug kingpins who order killings.

26.   Now, in what authorities describe as a marriage of convenience, Mexican and Colombian drug kingpins have joined forces to push pure heroin into the United States.

27.   Officials believe the two were targeted because they refused to block an arrest warrant for Tijuana drug kingpin Francisco Arellano Felix.

28.   Opponents said Mexico has been inadequate in curbing drug trafficking and pursuing drug kingpins.

29.   Part of that lack of sensitivity may come from the writer Richard Price, who contributed the character of the drug kingpin Peoples Hernandez.

30.   President Ernesto Samper said last month that he would push for constitutional changes to allow the extradition of drug kingpins, which tops the American list.