Editing Abu Sayyaf (section)

=====2012 Mayor Jeffrey Lim Kidnapping=====
On April 2, 2012, Mayor Jeffrey Lim of [[Salug, Zamboanga del Norte]] was kidnapped by ten armed men disguised as policemen. Lim was reportedly handed over to Abu Sayyaf. On November 6, he was freed near [[Zamboanga City]] after payment of P1.3M ($US25,000) ransom. On August 9, 2013, a Mindanao Pagadian Frontline report named a "Sehar Muloc" aka "Red Eye" as a suspect in the 2012 kidnapping of Mayor Jeffrey Lim.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2015/10/suspect-in-dipolog-kidnapping-was-nabbed-in-2013-for-kidnapping/|title=Suspect in Dipolog kidnapping was nabbed in 2013 for kidnapping|publisher=MindaNews|date=October 11, 2015|access-date=February 8, 2018|archive-date=July 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709061421/http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2015/10/suspect-in-dipolog-kidnapping-was-nabbed-in-2013-for-kidnapping/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Alipala |first=Julie S. |date=November 6, 2012 |title=Town mayor from Zamboanga del Norte freed after P1.3M ransom |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/302446/town-mayor-from-zamboanga-del-norte-freed-after-p1-3m-ransom |access-date=February 8, 2018}}</ref> Abner Gumandol, alias Sehar Muloc and Red Eye, was said to be the leader of a criminal syndicate called the Muloc Group. Gumandol was arrested on June 12, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pareño |first=Roel |date=June 13, 2016 |title=Suspect in ex-priest's kidnap falls |url=http://www.philstar.com:8080/nation/2016/06/13/1592224/suspect-ex-priests-kidnap-falls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208064030/http://www.philstar.com:8080/nation/2016/06/13/1592224/suspect-ex-priests-kidnap-falls |archive-date=February 8, 2018 |access-date=February 8, 2018 |work=The Star}}</ref>