They kidnap migrant workers, mainly from Central America, and demand ransom from their impoverished families.
He had been kidnapped and brutally tortured for three weeks by a gang demanding a ransom from his family.
They then demanded a $10,000 ransom from the family, which the family paid, Mr. Jawba said.
What important ideas should govern thinking about it: expiatory sacrifice, ransom from slavery, feudal satisfaction, legal justification, exemplary action?
Her son had just been abducted by people demanding a large ransom from the family, which they knew had money because they owned so many restaurants.
A policeman who was involved in the transaction says that Rajkumar's release after 108 days in captivity cost 200m rupees ($4.4m) in ransom from the Karnataka state coffers.
The Black Prince, however, proceeded to take control of Aquitaine, while the regent tried with little success to extract additional money for the ransom from an exhausted country.
"They [the militia] are criminals, demanding ransom from the government, and there will be no compromise with people that kidnap our staff," said Sanalla.
In some cases, the cartels abduct the migrants and hold them for ransom from parents in the United States or family back home.
President Joseph Estrada has rejected a demand for up to $2.4 million in ransom from kidnappers who took 21 hostages from a Malaysian island, an official said today.
It turns out Royce is part of a gang demanding a ransom from a local businessman, following the kidnap of his daughter.
