Recent content by findaugust

It's much harder to kidnap 4 people, 2 of them men, one an adolescent male. If you do it for ransom, you don't get any more money for the whole family. The family back home will already pay everything they have to get August back. There won't be more for the rest of the family, just a bigger...

Tourists are often targeted because if you can afford to travel, you have more money that most Ecuadorians. That is true almost any place.

Their government likes to say there are no kidnappings in that area, but a quick google search tells a different story. There are many fewer kidnappings in that area than the capital, Quito, or the Northern Border with Columbia. But, more than none. In fact, this guy from Tulsa says he was...

The family is unaware of any new development. I believe this is old news that has been recycled. No body = kidnapping.

I know August personally, and he did not just walk away. He is very close to his family and friends. Also, the evidence: 1.) The trip into the Amazon for 3 days with the guides was scheduled, because of August, for the following day. 2.) He had no money or water on him. You do not...