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.
E tragicamente em 1999 quando ela estava na Colômbia trabalhando com o povo U'wa concentrada em preservar sua cultura e sua linguagem ela e duas colegas foram seqüestradas torturadas e mortas pelas FARC.