of me had a green bandanna and a single blue feather right in the middle. it was striking. they were all armed, pointed their guns at us. we had our hands up, and we took off our bags, and then we sat down. at that point, the soldiers were just meeting on their radios. we were thinking they were the farc. victor was the one with the farc contacts. and now we were going to fall back on victor s relationship, and also robert as a journalist. [ speaking spanish ] they wanted to kind of figure out who we were. tell them i m a journalist. robert had articles, and he kind of wanted to demonstrate to them that he actually was a journalist. but they weren t too interested in our story. they started this casual conversation about tiger meat,
they were all armed, pointed their guns at us. we had our hands up, and we took off our bags, and then we sat down. at that point, the soldiers were just meeting on their radios. [ speaking spanish ] we were thinking they were the farc. victor was the one with the farc contacts. and now we were going to fall back on victor s relationship, and also robert as a journalist. [ speaking spanish ] they wanted to kind of figure out who we were. tell them i m a journalist. robert had articles, and he kind of wanted to demonstrate to them that he actually was a journalist. but they weren t too interested in our story. they started this casual conversation about tiger meat, tigre. and they asked victor if he had
in our story. they started this casual conversation about tiger meat, tigre. and they asked victor if he had ever had tigre. victor said yeah, yeah, it s very rich, very rich. and they said yeah, yeah, we really like tigers. tigers eat tigers. you know, predators eat predators. from there they went on the say that they had just seen a tiger. in fact, they had shot at one in the jungle. and they kind of hinted at whether or not we heard the gunfire. no, no, no. no. we said no. we all had the good sense to keep our mouth shut. after about an hour waiting around, another group of soldiers arrived. now there was maybe 30 or 40 soldiers, like right where we were. we don t know what the hell is going on. they separate us from victor. victor was nervous from the beginning, and i could kind of
they were all armed, pointed their guns at us. we had our hands up, and we took off our bags, and then we sat down. at that point, the soldiers were just meeting on their radios. [ speaking spanish ] we were thinking they were the farc. victor was the one with the farc contacts. and now we were going to fall back on victor s relationship, and also robert as a journalist. [ speaking spanish ] they wanted to kind of figure out who we were. tell them i m a journalist. robert had articles, and he kind of wanted to demonstrate to them that he actually was a journalist. but they weren t too interested in our story. they started this casual conversation about tiger meat,
they were armed, pointed their guns at us. we had our hands up, and we took off our bags, and then we sat down. at that point, the soldiers were just immediately on their radios. [ speaking spanish ] we were thinking they were the farc. victor was the one with the farc contacts. and now we were going to fall back on victor s relationship, and also robert as a journalist. [ speaking spanish ] they wanted to kind of figure out who we were. tell them i m a journalist. robert had articles, and he kind of wanted to demonstrate to them that he actually was a journalist. but they weren t too interested in our story. they started this casual conversation about tiger meat, tigre. and they asked victor if he had ever had tigre.