The ERP was responsible for the recent abductions of several government officials.   The kidnappers often operate by setting up illegal roadblocks on Colombian highways, but the group has also been known to abduct people traveling on the waterways within Colombia.

The People's Revolutionary Front has not claimed responsibility for any terrorist violence in over 30 years.  Although anti-US sentiment is common in the Philippines, and the NPA is still a threat to the Filipino government, the PRF is decidedly inactive.

Little is known about the People's Revolutionary Militias.  This Ecuadorian terrorist organization has been implicated in only a handful of attacks.  While the group appears to have limited membership, it has demonstrated an ability to attack targets in multiple cities.  Although it has never carried out a coordinated attack, the group has carried out bombings in two different cities within days of each other. <P> The People's Revolutionary Militias, commonly referred to by their Spanish acronym MRP, is avowedly anti-globalization.  MRP has criticized Ecuadorian President Lucio Gutierrez's economic policies.  The group has specifically protested Gutierrez's continuing payments to reduce Ecuador's foreign debt.  The People's Revolutionary Militias also opposes the requirements that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) includes in its negotiations with Ecuador.  As a recipient of IMF loans, Ecuador must agree to certain stipulations made by the IMF.  In a more abstract criticism of globalization and the IMF, the MRP protested price inflation in Ecuador and blamed the inflation on the IMF. <P> In addition to its anti-globalization stance, the People's Revolutionary Militias has criticized the United States of America's military actions against Iraq.  In fact, the British Consulate in Ecuador claims it was attacked by the group because of Britain's participation in the Iraq war.  In a separate criticism, the terrorists have accused President Gutierrez of nepotism and corruption.  Finally, MRP criticizes several leftist-leaning and indigenous groups for complicity in Gutierrez's actions.