1.   Armed gangs seeking ransom have kidnapped dozens of foreigners and ethnic Russians this year.

2.   But a smaller rebel faction, the National Liberation Army, kidnapped dozens of people in a raid last month just outside Cali, the third-largest city.

3.   Dozens have been kidnapped, their bullet-riddled bodies found days later.

4.   Former junta soldiers kidnap dozens.

5.   In recent years, tribal people had kidnapped dozens of foreigners in an effort to win economic concessions, but no one was ever harmed.

6.   In the past few months, armed gangs seeking ransom have kidnapped dozens of foreigners and ethnic Russians.

7.   It has kidnapped dozens of foreigners in the past and freed them within weeks.

8.   The decision does not apply to a smaller but more radical Muslim separatist group, the Abu Sayyaf, which has outraged the government by kidnapping dozens of hostages.

9.   The group has kidnapped dozens of foreign tourists and Filipinos in recent years and rustled up millions of dollars in ransom.

10.   The group has kidnapped dozens of foreign tourists and Filipinos in recent years and earned millions of dollars in ransom.