And tragically, in 1999, when she was in Colombia working with the U'wa people, focused on preserving their culture and language, she and two colleagues were abducted and tortured and killed by the FARC.
Y trágicamente en 1999 cuando estaba en Colombia trabajando con el pueblo U'wa en la preservación de su cultura e idioma, ella junto a dos colegas fueron secuestrados, torturados y asesinados por las FARC.