1.   The Mexican authorities have been cracking down on drug-related crime.

2.   Rejecting the right of the United States to be the policeman of the Caribbean, the government claimed that it had offered a search by the Mexican authorities.

3.   While welcoming his release the Mexican authorities stressed that it did not resolve the issues surrounding his abduction.

4.   Although the bodies of U.S. citizens have been discovered, U.S. authorities have limited authority when helping Mexican authorities with investigations of such slayings.

5.   Also Friday, the FBI denied that there was any arrangement that Mexican authorities ignore U.S. efforts to capture the fugitive or get him to surrender on U.S. soil.

6.   Alvarez acknowledged that the Arellanos recruit Mexican authorities.

7.   Amid the hubbub, however, Mexican authorities released from jail Humberto Garcia Abrego and Jose Luis Duron Guerra.

8.   Among them is his godson, a U.S. Navy veteran and communications expert whose technology helped Mexican authorities capture drug shipments.

9.   Among the fugitives Los Angeles police have asked Mexican authorities to look for is Jose Rodriguez, who detectives say was recently spotted in a Mexican town.

10.   At the same time, Mexican authorities are fighting a foreign vulcanologist who was invited here to investigate and is warning that it could erupt at any time.