1.   His kidnapping was carried out at a time of great international tension, occurring only two days after US aircraft had conducted bombing raids on targets in Libya.

2.   Arizmendi allegedly paid several rank-and-file and top officers to either carry out kidnappings or to provide him with tips on the investigations to help him avoid being caught.

3.   But not all the kidnappings were carried out in the Caucasus by Chechens.

4.   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.

5.   Efforts were also made to coordinate investigations with an internal intelligence division and to limit the actions of officers suspected of helping to carry out kidnappings.

6.   These officers either helped carry out kidnappings, authorities say, or have given Arizmendi tips to avoid capture.

7.   Police initially thought the kidnapping had been carried out by a non-terrorist criminal gang.

8.   Armed groups in Colombia carry out kidnappings to obtain huge ransoms.

9.   As long as money goes elsewhere, tribes will carry out kidnappings to seek redress.

10.   Authorities suspected the kidnapping was carried out by the forces of an anti-government warlord.