Helena had made Lucky believe that his parents were behind the whole kidnapping, shocking both Luke and Laura.

On September 19, 1974, however, the consortium was shaken by the kidnapping of siblings Jorge and Juan Born by the far-left terrorist group, Montoneros.

Members of the government and security authorities increasingly accused the FARC of continuing to recruit guerrillas, as well as kidnapping, extorting and politically intimidating voters even as the UP was already participating in politics.

After the eventual breakup of the peace negotiations, which had been stalled numerous times and finally ended due to a guerrilla kidnapping of a congressman and other political figures, the Caguán demilitarized zone was terminated by the Pastrana administration.

Cheka was actively and openly utilizing kidnapping methods.

With kidnapping methods Cheka was able to extinguish numerous cases of discontent especially among the rural population.

Their tragedy was too much for Alison and, after kidnapping then returning Sarah-Lou Platt's newborn baby Bethany, she committed suicide by stepping in front of a lorry, leaving Kevin devastated.

While his audience was awaiting developments in the Lindbergh kidnapping, Block played records and created the illusion that he was broadcasting from a ballroom, with the nation ’ s top dance bands performing live.

One aspect that gradually became disturbing from a civil rights point of view, was that relatives would use deception, or legal dealings or even kidnapping to get the recruit into deprogrammers ' hands, without allowing the person any recourse to a lawyer or psychiatrist of their own choosing.

Patrick was charged for kidnapping, but he was acquitted with the reasoning: :" here parents are, as here, of the reasonable and intelligent belief that they were not physically capable of recapturing their daughter from existing, imminent danger, then the defense of necessity transfers or transposes to the constituted agent, the person who acts upon their belief under such conditions.

In 1980, Patrick was convicted of conspiracy, kidnapping, and false imprisonment.

His tenure was marred by bitter wrangling with other branches of Government and his own brief kidnapping by elements of the military.

As these were the days when kidnapping an heiress was seen as a viable option for obtaining a title, William had dictated a will on the very day he died, bequeathing his domains to Eleanor and appointing King Louis VI of France as her guardian.

A film of the kidnapping De Heineken Ontvoering, with Rutger Hauer playing Freddy Heineken, was released in October 2011.

He was in-charge during the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro by Red Brigades, and he resigned when Moro was found dead in 1978.

This event was later characterized by Aristide as a kidnapping.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid spoke to Reuters and was quoted as saying ; " We are using all our strength to get rid of him, either by killing or kidnapping ," and " We have informed our commanders in Helmand to do whatever they can to eliminate him.

This attempt at compromise was, however, stopped by the kidnapping and murder of Moro in 1978 by the Red Brigades, an extremist left-wing terrorist organization.

The Contras ' form of warfare was " one of consistent and bloody abuse of human rights, of murder, torture, mutilation, rape, arson, destruction and kidnapping.

No conclusive proof has linked Booth's kidnapping or assassination plots to a conspiracy involving the leadership of the Confederate government, although historians such as David Herbert Donald have said, " It is clear that, at least at the lower levels of the Southern secret service, the abduction of the Union President was under consideration ".

Mark Spitz, the American swimming star who had already completed his competitions, left Munich during the hostage crisis ( it was feared that as a prominent Jew, Spitz might now be a kidnapping target ).

Orhan was very much upset by this kidnapping and conducted talks with his brother-in-law and now single Byzantine Emperor John V Palaeologos.

He was formally indicted in November on charges of hijacking, kidnapping, attempted murder, and treason for preventing Musharraf's flight from landing at Karachi airport on the day of the coup.

* 2007 – Former Deputy Director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.

* 1936 – Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.

The Torah ( Jewish Law ), also known as the Pentateuch ( the first five books of the Christian Old Testament ), lays down the death penalty for murder, kidnapping, magic, violation of the Sabbath, blasphemy, and a wide range of sexual crimes, although evidence suggests that actual executions were rare.

Under penalty of death, he prohibited the kidnapping of Jewish children for the purpose of enforced Christian baptism.

Similarly, the Catholic Institute for International Relations ( CIIR, now known as " Progressio "), a human rights organization which identifies itself with liberation theology, had summarized Contra operating procedures in their 1987 human rights report: " The record of the contras in the field, as opposed to their official professions of democratic faith, is one of consistent and bloody abuse of human rights, of murder, torture, mutilation, rape, arson, destruction and kidnapping.

It disclosed a " distinct pattern " of abuses by the contras, including: " attacks on purely civilian targets resulting in the killing of unarmed men, woman, children and the elderly ; – premeditated acts of brutality including rapes, beatings, mutilations and torture ; – and individual and mass kidnappings of civilians for the purpose of forced recruitment into the Contra forces and the creation of a hostage refugee population in Honduras ; – assaults on economic and social targets such as farms, cooperatives and on vehicles carrying volunteer coffee harvesters ; – intimidation of civilians who participate or cooperate in government or community programs such as distribution of subsidized food products, education and local self-defense militias ; – and kidnapping, intimidation, and even murder of religious leaders who support the government, including priests and clergy-trained lay pastors.

* Dryope, a nymph responsible for kidnapping Hylas, which she did in accord with Hera's will.

A number of criminal proceedings against Patrick have resulted in felony convictions for kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment.

Heracles happened to arrive ( along with Telamon and Oicles ) and agreed to kill the monster if Laomedon would give him the horses received from Zeus as compensation for Zeus ' kidnapping Ganymede.

" A Human Rights Watch report found that the Contras were guilty of targeting health care clinics and health care workers for assassination ; kidnapping civilians ; torturing and executing civilians, including children, who were captured in combat ; raping women ; indiscriminately attacking civilians and civilian homes ; seizing civilian property ; and burning civilian houses in captured towns.

* Emanuela Orlandi, " disappeared " in the 1980s, maybe in relation to Gladio and Propaganda Due ; Archbishop Paul Marcinkus has been alleged to be part of the kidnapping, which may have been done in order to press the Pope to ask for Mehmet Ali Ağca's liberation to the Italian state ( according to Mehmet Ali's 2005 interview to La Repubblica ).

It is revealed in " Deities " that he is a member of the Vu-Age Church, and is responsible for kidnapping Max on behalf of the church's leader.

The Montoneros financed their operations by kidnapping and collecting ransoms for businessmen or executives, making as much as $ 14. 2 million in a single abduction of an Exxon executive in 1974.

In 1972, they carried out their first kidnapping: a factory foreman was held for some time but later released.

" The FARC claimed responsibility for Cuéllar's kidnapping and murder in January 2010.

In 2001, FARC Commander Simón Trinidad claimed that the FARC-EP does not engage in kidnapping but instead " retains in order to obtain resources needed for our struggle ".

It further announced the repeal of Law 002, bringing to an end its support for the practice of kidnapping for ransom.

Parker traverses through the Ultor complex, eliminating any resistance Ultor throws at him, and even ( with the help of Orion, a high-ranking Red Faction member ) kidnapping a high-ranking Ultor administrator, Gryphon, for Eos, leader of the Red Faction .< ref > Gryphon: I'll tell you what I can on the way, but more guards are going to show up soon.

* 1934 – Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr ..

The SLA became internationally notorious for kidnapping media heiress Patty Hearst, abducting the 19-year-old and her 26-year-old boyfriend Steven Weed from their home in Berkeley, California.