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Understandably so. The police crackdown has now put most of the Cali cartel's alleged leaders behind bars. Some have been arrested, while others have felt the pressure and surrendered. After Santacruz's capture, Phanor Arizabaleta Arzayuz turned himself in. Known as a particularly violent cartel leader, he is suspected of, but not yet charged with, involvement in the murder of a police intelligence officer. Arizabaleta says he is innocent, and gave himself up only to clear his reputation...
Perhaps. But Colombia's sentencing practices are notoriously lax. During the crackdown, the U.S. has offered Colombia only grudging praise, dwelling instead on the subject of punishment. "We look forward," says a State Department official, "to a prison sentence commensurate with the crimes Santacruz has committed, and complete forfeiture of his assets...
...returned to Cairo. At a news conference hours later, the President said he suspected the fundamentalist Islamic regime in neighboring Sudan, which had been accused of supporting Egyptian radicals who want to replace Mubarak's secular government with strict Islamic rule.TIME's Dean Fischernotes that Mubarak, who began a crackdown on Islamic militants in 1992, has now survived three assassination plots and can expect more: "It ought to be regarded by Mubarak and his handlers as another warning shot." More disturbing, Fischer notes, none of the violence has prompted Mubarak to designate a vice president who could quickly assume...
...become a political football in Washington. Clinton conceded as much when he ended linkage between trade and human rights by renewing China's most-favored-nation status a year ago despite its dismal human-rights record. By then it was evident that for all its brutality, the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown had not been a political watershed, that economic reform was continuing and that ideology was in general retreat-even if the regime remained rigidly authoritarian. The record of Clinton's "comprehensive engagement" policy since has been mixed: no measurable impact on human rights, no progress on persuading China to stop...
Galluccio also argued that moving cigarettes behind the counter was primarily intended to combat shoplifting, and said youth access to cigarettes can only be solved by strong law enforcement. He successfully amended the provision mandating behind-the-counter cigarettes, angering supporters of a crackdown on juvenile smoking...