we got it under control. 40 to 45 a year? translator: yes. but this case was different, the victim was a u.s. citizen. pepe contacted the levys two contact the american embassy in quito. when james made the call, he was put through to the top u.s. security official in ecuador, fernando masseuse. how big an alarm bell goes off when an american is being held and hostage? the u.s. government starts moving when an american is being held hostage. quickly? yeah. it s not unheard of for americans to be kidnapped in ecuador, but usually, they are quick jobs. a tourist in a taxi held for a few hours, forced to withdraw cash from atms. this case seemed far worse. god forbid that this is somehow associated with the farc in columbia, and the victim was going to be taken to a jungle and spent five years there. like betancourt? exactly. wednesday morning, october 21st, four days after elisa s kidnapping, agents arrived at
she heard rustling in the forest. i start seeing some like flashlights. in the beams of light slicing through the trees, elisa could only make out silhouettes. there were many of them moving briskly and caring military style weapons. it occurred to elisa in an instant, these were farc rebels. it went through my mind that really fast, i will be years in columbia with this group. the lights and shadows kept advancing towards elisa s flimsy tenth. you think you re in trouble? i was sure about that, this was like a terrorist group that was going to take me to the middle of nowhere for years. and then, one of the armed men burst inside the tent. he goes around me and holds me and says, it s okay, you re going to be fine. no, please, don t take me. he is saying, were from the police, were from the police, we re rescuing you. did you believe him? i was trying to, you know. i was just hoping it was not a dream, because i thought i might be dreaming. translator: we cov
Despite FARC declaring a ceasefire, peace won't come to Colombia until warring parties in decades of civil war admit to all the people they've kidnapped, tortured and killed.