11.   Tajik President Emomali Rakhmanov also issued a statement condemning the kidnapping and expressing his condolences to the families of the hostages.

12.   The archbishop of San Salvador, Fernando Saenz Lacalle, condemned the kidnapping on Monday and said he did not believe there was a personal motive for the kidnapping.

13.   The Islamic Salvation Front, whose armed wing is one of the groups battling the government, also condemned the kidnappings.

14.   The leftist Sandinista Front on Friday condemned the kidnapping of a European Union official that police have blamed on former Sandinistas.

15.   The Red Cross strongly condemned the kidnapping Thursday.

16.   The Red Cross strongly condemned the kidnapping.

17.   The Russian Journalists Union condemned the kidnapping and urged all media to stop sending their staff to Chechnya.

18.   The Sandinista Front, now an opposition political party, this week condemned the kidnapping and urged the freedom of Ortiz.

19.   The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees condemned her kidnapping.

20.   U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan condemned the kidnapping Monday in a statement.