71.   It was not immediately clear how the fighting began in Meta state, where rebels protect drug trafficking operations.

72.   Meanwhile, RCMP are investigating a possible Cape Breton connection to the drug operation.

73.   Mrs. Byles pleaded guilty on advice from lawyers, but later signed an affidavit against her husband claiming she was forced into aiding the drug operation.

74.   Officials accused Isern Suarez of heading up a drug trafficking operation between Cali, Colombia, and New York City.

75.   Only one brother who allegedly runs the drug operations remains alive.

76.   Prosecutors allege that Magana ran the largest drug trafficking operation in the Caribbean state of Quintana Roo.

77.   Prosecutors allege that Alcides ran the largest drug trafficking operation in the Caribbean state of Quintana Roo.

78.   Prosecutors are investigating two British teen-agers arrested for smuggling heroin into Italy in what could be part of a wider Nigerian-led drug trafficking operation.

79.   The aid is earmarked for use against drug traffickers or rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, who protect the drug operations.

80.   The amended law does not give the judge the right to suspend sentences against offenders and allows the confiscation of any finances acquired through drug operations.