51.   One such government witness was Neil T. Ainley, the former president of the Perry County Bank in Perryville, Ark.

52.   Perez was the second government witness claiming to have been close to Garcia Abrego, who was arrested in Mexico and taken to Houston for trial earlier this year.

53.   Prosecutors then threaten the minor players with jail in an attempt to persuade them to flip, the courthouse jargon for becoming a government witness.

54.   Several government witnesses have conceded under cross-examination that those choices are always available and did not constitute any secret.

55.   Several government witnesses were murdered.

56.   State, local government witnesses.

57.   Stacey appeared as the chief government witness against the couple, testifying that the three of them had conspired to steal the evidence.

58.   Swiss officials were in Houston last week to interview government witnesses as they try to tie money in bank accounts there to Salinas, a source said.

59.   St. Louis also is a suspect in the shooting of two government witnesses, but has not been charged with those crimes.

60.   Tevanian will take the stand in U.S. District Court Monday morning as a government witness in the antitrust trial against Microsoft.