A spokesman for the police in Kansas City, Mo., said a warrant was issued for Mr. Rahman's arrest for the execution-style shooting of a youth in August 1987.

Their acts of vengeance included the execution-style shooting of many of the men in the village and the burning to death of dozens of women and children.

The manhunt, which intensified after the execution-style shooting of the fashion designer Gianni Versace, was one of the largest in America, full of dead-end tips, wrong turns and countless hours of legwork.

There have also been execution-style shootings, tortures and kidnappings that law enforcement officials blame on human smuggling rings.

The warning came at an emotional moment during the trial's final arguments when the prosecutor said the execution-style shooting of the officer was a "declaration of war against our society."

On Thursday night, a sergeant who intervened in an execution-style shooting in Brooklyn was himself shot twice by the gunman, the police said.

Chihuahua State Police said the body had multiple wounds to the head- apparently consistent with an execution-style shooting.

The spree starts with the execution-style shooting (two point-blank shots to the face) of a blind violinist at Ninotchka, a wine-and-candlelight nightclub for romantic geezers.

Two gunmen convicted of killing three people and wounding two others in an execution-style shooting above the Carnegie Delicatessen in Midtown Manhattan were sentenced to life in prison yesterday.

Michael Behn, who had no previous criminal record, was accused of the execution-style shooting of a coin dealer in order to steal $40,000 worth of rare coins.