The Colombian government adopted a new constitution in July 1991 with specific prohibition on the extradition of Colombian citizens. Partially as a result of the probation, Pablo Escobar finally surrendered. He escaped from jail a year later and was shot by Colombian police in 1993. By the end of the early 1990s, the Medell&iacute;n cartel had been effectively dismantled.

The Group for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice

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The Group for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice is a Sunni terrorist organization operating in Iraq. It derives its name from a verse in the Koran often referenced in departments of Islamic states tasked with religious policing, such as Saudi Arabia's Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. In December 2005, the organization issued a joint statement with other Salafi terrorist organizations (including the al-Qaeda Organization in the Land of the Two Rivers) denouncing the upcoming political elections and calling for the establishment of an Islamic state in Iraq. <p> In September 2005, the group claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of a Lebanese-Cypriot citizen, Gharabet Jean Jikerjian. Jikerjian worked for Jetco Trading, a company supplying food and alcohol to U.S. and Iraqi troops. Islam prohibits the consumption of alcohol and, according to a web statement released by the group, the company's endorsement of alcohol in a Muslim country is the reason behind Jikerjian's abduction. However, in addition to demanding that Jetco Trading halt business operations in Iraq, the organization also demanded a $20,000 ransom. In their efforts to free Jikerjian, Jetco's management announced that it was closing its offices and halting all business in Iraq. After the initial ransom of $20,000 was paid, the group then demanded an additional $2 million. The company reportedly paid $200,000 in total for his ransom. Jikerjian was released on January 1, 2006. <p> The group is also suspected to have been involved in the April 2005 kidnapping of Jordanian Samir Rajab al-Suqi, manager of the Amman branch of the Midas furniture company in Kuwait. Though al-Suqi's status remains unknown, his kidnapping was believed to be the result of financial motives.