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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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cali
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Harvey Weinig Convicted of laundering $ 19m for the Cali drug cartel .
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But all that changed when the Cali cartel switched tactics and started relying more on ships and trucks to transport drugs.
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Jose Santacruz Londono, the No. 3 man in the Cali cartel , fled prison last week.
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Jose Santacruz Londono, 52, the number three man in the Cali cartel , escaped Thursday and remains at large.
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drug
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If Paez is extradited to the United States, he could potentially be a source of important information on the drug cartel .
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Harvey Weinig Convicted of laundering $ 19m for the Cali drug cartel .
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The new law was widely interpreted as a concession to the Medellín drug cartel .
leader
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Following their release the surrender of Medellín cartel leader Pablo Escobar Gaviria was reported to be imminent.
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There were other unsubstantiated reports, however, that Cali cartel leaders might also take advantage of the government's surrender offer.
oil
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Through the oil cartels , the United States dealt some stinging slaps to its junior partners.
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How best to ensure the policy of our little coconut oil cartel ?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a drug cartel
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Many of its narcotics agents may well be assisting the drug cartels and their hit squads.
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Oddly, consuming countries are also members of the International Coffee Organisation, which policed the old cartel .
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Prosecutors said the cartel wanted to increase its presence in Baja California, which is dominated by the Arellano F lix cartel.
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Santacruz was arrested in a Bogota restaurant in July, one of six top leaders of the cartel arrested last summer.
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The generally acknowledged leader of the cartel is Benjamin Arellano, who usually keeps a low profile.
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These cartel prices were then rubber-stamped by the member state governments.
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This sounds as if they are joining the cartel , but it will cut world production by only 1/2%.
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We will introduce new legislation giving stronger powers to deal with cartels.