1.   These officials say the cartel has reorganized, tamping down the internal battles that arose after the Colombian police arrested six cartel kingpins last year.

2.   Police have captured Cali drug cartel kingpin Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, the national police chief told local radio stations Friday.

3.   A co-defendant of a former Medellin drug cartel kingpin has pleaded guilty to helping launder profits from drugs shipped to the United States and Mexico.

4.   A jailed Cali cartel kingpin tipped authorities off to the whereabouts of his wheelchair-bound half brother, who was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking.

5.   A co-defendant of a former Colombian drug cartel kingpin pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to distribute cocaine to the United States.

6.   A seventh cartel kingpin, Helmer Herrera, has eluded months of police raids.

7.   Also fired was the police chief, Gen. Octavio Vargas Silva, who had led the search for Pablo Escobar, the Medellin cartel kingpin.

8.   Authorities arrested the lawyer of a slain Cali cocaine cartel kingpin after prosecutors linked him to drug-related crimes.

9.   Bernardo Hoyos, a priest and former mayor who said he met recently with cartel kingpins, has testified he heard audiotapes that indicate Botero asked traffickers for money.

10.   Despite frequent seizures and the arrests of cartel kingpins, cocaine continues to leave Colombia relatively unabated.