71.   Many also believe the rebel army is using a Switzerland-sized demilitarized zone ceded by Pastrana to smuggle arms and drugs, harbor kidnap victims and recruit fighters.

72.   Martinez said the army did not know whether Parks was a member of the leftist National Liberation Army, or ELN, or a guerrilla kidnap victim.

73.   Meanwhile, the rebels allegedly hid kidnap victims in the zone and used it to traffic cocaine and train for attacks elsewhere in the South American country.

74.   Meanwhile, the rebels allegedly hid kidnap victims in the zone, and used it to traffic cocaine and train and launch attacks elsewhere in the South American country.

75.   Meanwhile, negotiations continued to try to secure freedom for two German kidnap victims being held in the north, Yemeni officials said.

76.   Nearly three months later, a letter claims she is a kidnap victim, but some are skeptical.

77.   On Friday, relatives of the two kidnap victims met with a representative of the British Foreign Office to demand that Britain exert more pressure for their release.

78.   Officials say the FARC used the area to traffic in cocaine, conceal dozens of kidnap victims, train recruits and stage attacks on civilian and military targets.

79.   On Saturday, police rescued the kidnap victim, Rajendra Mirdha, after a gun battle that lasted more than two hours.

80.   Once freed, he returned to El Tiempo, but on the side he founded a group that counsels kidnap victims and has advocated tougher government anti-kidnap policies.