21.   ELN leaders have admitted they are seeking ransom for at least some of those hostages.

22.   Foreigners are prime targets for leftist rebels and common criminals seeking ransom.

23.   Gangs seeking ransoms have turned kidnappings into a thriving business, and hundreds of Russians and foreigners have been taken hostage in recent years.

24.   He also denied seeking ransom this time.

25.   He said he would give back the body, without seeking a ransom, only if the market went back up.

26.   Hundreds of Russians and foreigners have been kidnapped in and around Chechnya in recent years by gangs seeking ransom, and dozens remain in captivity.

27.   Hundreds of other Colombians are kidnapped every year, most of them by guerrillas seeking ransoms to fund their insurgencies.

28.   Hundreds of Russians and foreigners have been abducted by gangs seeking ransom, and dozens are still being held.

29.   Hundreds of Russians and foreigners have been kidnapped in the Caucasus in recent years by gangs seeking ransom.

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