The men also face charges of attempted murder, robbery and kidnapping, officials said.
As they sorted through the reasons for the kidnapping, officials released new details of its end.
Why care about a kidnapped official from a city no one cares for in the first place?
The Taliban and common criminals often kidnap officials for ransom.
On May 14 , 2007 armed men grabbed Enrique Ruiz Arévalo, the state's top anti-kidnapping official, as he was eating breakfast in a restaurant in Torreón, also in Coahuila State.
For fighters in the east, "the primary source is illicit activities, smuggling marble, chromate, gems and timber, as well as kidnapping," the official said.
One obvious possibility is that they envisioned either kidnapping the official or kidnapping his family to coerce him into helping them carry out whatever plot they had in mind.
On Dec. 22, 2006, American military officials in Baghdad issued a secret warning: The Shiite militia commander who had orchestrated the kidnapping of officials from Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education was now hatching plans to take American soldiers hostage.
"All we know is this attack happened, and these were the people who were kidnapped," the official said by telephone.
Ban added: "I strongly condemn all these terrorist attacks in killing civilian populations and kidnapping diplomatic officials.
In eastern Orissa State, betel leaf farmers have held up a $12 billion project by Posco, the South Korean steel maker, occasionally kidnapping company officials.
