41.   Several years ago, drug barons began demanding that Colombian drug cartels pay them not in money but in cocaine.

42.   The alliance between Colombian drug cartels and their Dominican partners has changed the geography of the drug trade.

43.   The broker, for a hefty fee, will transfer Colombian pesos to a Colombian drug trafficker.

44.   The Colombian drug police have at times dropped the distinction altogether.

45.   The high-level dealers can be found in Mexico and parts of Southern California, where the meth market resembles the legendary Colombian drug cartels.

46.   The investigation grew out of a crackdown on Colombian drug traffickers in Queens, officials said.

47.   The lawmakers compared the Cubans to Nazis and Colombian drug traffickers and asked that plans for the event be dropped.

48.   The selling of truffles is filled with risk, intrigue and secrecy that would make Colombian drug cartels take note.

49.   The United States is not the only country affected by Colombian drug trafficking.

50.   Their witness in the Jacksonville drug case, Colombian drug kingpin Carlos Lehder, is now a disgruntled alumnus of the trial of Panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega.