41. Another, a Brazilian identified as a drug trafficker, was arrested with da Costa. 42. As it turned out, Stanley is believed to have been killed by drug traffickers with whom he was consorting rather than common criminals. 43. As other journalists have in the past, Webb also said the two convicted drug traffickers received payments from the CIA. 44. As in America, criminal-justice authorities still prosecute and imprison major drug traffickers as well as petty dealers who create public nuisances. 45. At that time, Gonzales Quirarte was not widely known as a drug trafficker. 46. At the same time, he has been accused, though never convicted, of graft, spying on government opponents and receiving payoffs from drug traffickers. 47. Authorities later linked the killings to a cult of drug traffickers who believed that ritual sacrifices would protect them from discovery. 48. Authorities say cloning is prevalent in New York, Miami and Los Angeles, and often is connected to drug traffickers. 49. Besides employing innovative trade schemes, authorities say drug traffickers are shipping cash in everything from used cars and dolls to television sets and refrigerated containers of bull semen. 50. Both are used frequently by Mexican drug traffickers. |