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  • "There is no known corruption in Lagos," declares the local kingpin's spokesman confidently as everybody smiles and blood spatters the pavement.

    The weekend's TV highlights Andrew Mueller 2010

  • As Hank continues to question the deceptively milquetoast drug kingpin's bona fides, we get a harrowing glimpse into Gus's past.

    Matt's Guide to Weekend TV Sept. 2-5 2011

  • When Danny angers a South American drug lord, his wife is kidnapped just before he is scheduled to testify at the kingpin's trial.

    Mega Buzz: Kurt's New Directions Return, Grey's Calzona Drama & Blue Bloods' Abduction 2011

  • After Prime Minister Bruce Golding reversed his long-standing refusal to extradite Coke, the alleged kingpin's supporters began barricading the streets and preparing for a fight.

    Jamaica Declares State Of Emergency 2010

  • That day, Portfolio magazine published its blistering expose on Countrywide Financial's "Friends of Angelo" program, naming the Democrat from Connecticut as one of the top beneficiaries of the subprime kingpin's political favors program.

    Zach Carter: Chris Dodd, Phil Gramm, and the Legacy of a Statesman 2010

  • The kingpin's reign of narcoterror ended in 1993 on a Medellin rooftop.

    CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2009 2009

  • But without Osama cornered in Chitral - or anywhere else -- the terrorist kingpin's whereabouts remains little more than a guessing game.

    Jeff Stein: Osama Bin Elvis 2009

  • Now, there's a fair chance some of the cocaine and heroin on the streets of your city was put there by the Beltran Leyva cartel, so is the kingpin's death a major victory for the good guys or simply that much less competition for his rival?

    CNN Transcript Dec 17, 2009 2009

  • "Law enforcement uses the fact that the suspect's phone contacted the cell tower nearest his home to infer he is home, nearest the narcotic's kingpin's house to infer that they are together, nearest the drop off point to argue that he was present when the contraband was delivered," the groups wrote.

    Wired Top Stories 2008

  • According to Colombian intelligence sources and knowledgeable U.S. officials, Giraldo set up an ambush for Rojas and his son Rigoberto at one of the kingpin's many farms in the environs of Santa Marta.

    Colombian Connection 2007

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