:28:02
However, what you must understand is...
:28:04
...today's version ofthe EL T...
:28:06
...is a completely different animal.
Twenty years ago...
:28:08
...they were a struggling Marxist
revolutionary group in the mountains.
:28:12
The end ofthe Cold War
changed everything.
:28:14
The money from Moscow dried up...
:28:16
...and the ELThad to finda new way
to support itself.
:28:19
So they got into kidnapping,
which has made them millions.
:28:22
Then they realized they were sitting on
an even bigger goldmine.
:28:26
Behind Colombia, Tecala is the world's
largest supplier ofcocaine.
:28:30
The ELThad the weapons andan unlimited
supply ofpoor, illiterate soldiers.
:28:34
They came in hardand they came in fast,
and they took over the drug trade.
:28:39
Whatever political agenda
they started with...
:28:41
...has been completely perverted.
:28:44
Did you know that when you moved here?
:28:49
Listen. Can we get practical here,
just for a second?
:28:52
Can you just explain how this works,
step by step?
:28:55
We wait for contact,
they make a demand, we start negotiating.
:28:59
Negotiate? What's to negotiate?
:29:01
Everything. We pay too fast,
pay too much...
:29:04
...make it look too easy,
and instead of getting Peter back...
:29:07
...we'llget a message thanking us
for the down payment andasking for more.
:29:10
All that we want to do is finda number.
:29:14
A dollar figure that gets Peter back
in onepiece as quickly as possible.
:29:31
No.
:29:32
Let me clarify something.
This is not about rescues.
:29:35
This is not about bringing anyone
tojustice.
:29:37
Relying on the police down here
is dangerous.
:29:39
The army is no better.
They're pumped up and trigger-happy.
:29:42
The last thing we need is heroics,
so we rely on nobody, nobody local.
:29:46
And the embassy?
l'm still waiting for them to call me back.
:29:49
The US mission down here
at the moment...
:29:51
...is to try andbreak the ELTand switch
the country's economy from drugs...
:29:55
...topetroleum.
:29:56
Peter does not fit into thoseplans.
:29:58
The embassy cannot help you
and they know it.