91.   Police suspect the shootings were vengeance by a criminal gang.

92.   Ponce said prominent residents were hiring illegal militias as protection against growing security threats from criminal gangs and rebels.

93.   Prosecutors have also charged them with membership in a criminal gang, criminal conspiracy and forgery of documents.

94.   Police believe the murders were prompted by score-settling between criminal gangs.

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

96.   Police officials said that the problems were worsened by criminal gangs seeking a share of the lucrative market.

97.   Police say that all larger towns have criminal street gangs that mainly are made up of young immigrants.

98.   Police were investigating the possibility that the bombs were planted by a criminal gang, Montoya said.

99.   Police and military personnel have been caught working as enforcers for criminal gangs, running extortion rings and smuggling weapons.

100.   Police arrested seven men, including an American and a Uraguyan, and freed three hostages of a criminal gang early Thursday, officers said.