11.   But talks this month raised hopes that the ELN, the smaller of the two leftist guerrilla armies, might call a ceasefire next year.

12.   But they said that leftist guerrilla groups and gangs of cocaine traffickers had engaged in such acts of terrorism in the past and that they were investigating both possibilities.

13.   Castro has in the past intervened in other crises involving leftist guerrillas in Latin American countries.

14.   Conservative officers are unhappy with the modest concessions the Government is making to leftist guerrillas in peace talks being mediated by the United Nations.

15.   Colombia has been locked in a decades-long struggle with leftist guerrilla groups, as well as highly organized and well equipped drug cartels.

16.   Cuba has long accepted leftist guerrilla groups engaged in hostage taking.

17.   Drug traffickers carry out kidnappings in several regions, and now a leftist guerrilla group with a record of political abductions has reappeared after a period of inactivity.

18.   During his stay, the pope did not refer to Chiapas, the state where Indians and leftist guerrillas are in open rebellion against the government.

19.   Epigmenio Ibarra is known for his gutsy exploits as a television war correspondent in Central America and southern Mexico, where he was close to the leftist guerrillas.

20.   Friends said Freitas knew of the dangers of traveling to Colombia, where violence perpetrated by leftist guerrillas, right-wing paramilitary groups and drug traffickers is common.