Colombia Faces Decision on Crackdown (AP)

Alleged drug trafficking ringleader murdered in Mexico (AP)
...Ten men dressed in black and armed with AK-47 rifles had kidnapped Castro Medina on Tuesday, Minjares Almada said.......

Venezuela Orders Capture of Strike Leaders (Reuters)
...According to police investigators, unidentified armed men kidnapped the four victims on Saturday night as they left a...

Colombia at a crossroads as it presses ahead with crackdown amid rebel terrorist offensive (AP)
... attacks similar to those carried out by the Medellin drug cartel 20 years ago; priests are kidnapped or killed; rebe...

Deaths of three dissident soldiers and a shootout outside hospital tarnish peace pact signed by political rivals (AP)
...The four had been kidnapped on Saturday night by a group of at least 12 people, authorities said.......

Services to be held around the world to remember slain reporter Daniel Pearl (AP)
...Pearl, 38, was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan, in January 2002 while researching links between Pakistani extremists.....

Colombia: Missing Americans Are Hostages (AP)
...In April, they kidnapped legislators in Colombian city of Cali while posing as government bomb-squad members.......