We'd been driving for about twenty minutes when we slowed down, turning off the paved road. We spent the next twenty minutes getting knocked around as the van navigated a crappy dirt road through the jungle. "Get ready, and play scared and cooperative. We don't need heroes. We need them to relax because six women aren't a threat to them."

With one last lurch, the van pulled to a stop, and I heard the men get out of the other van. The two in front turned around, holding their weapons at ready as the others approached. The man riding shotgun leered at us. "Resist, and you will get hurt. We...