The drug bosses had made their point: they could even break through the Iron Curtain.
In a recent opinion survey, 62 percent said they favored negotiating a truce with the drug bosses.
She was almost alone once again in supporting the extradition of jailed drug bosses to the United States.
To the contrary, a special unit called the Elite Corps has intensified its efforts to seize the drug bosses.
However, he has secretly secured power as the most powerful drug boss in the district, leading a gang called the One Niners.
But however well known the big drug bosses are, the police have little hope of proving their suspicions.
For every drug boss jailed, two move in to try to take his place.
At the same time, some overconfident and impatient drug bosses decided to go public.
"The drug bosses now feel relaxed," one foreign narcotics expert said.
Other prominent enemies of the drug bosses have been less fortunate.