that exchange led to the island of curacao, a few hundred miles off the coast of colombia.t bout's buddy, andrew smulian, would first meet the two d.e.a. undercover operatives posing as officials in the colombian rebel terrorist group known as the farc. >> the two fake rebels, eduardo and el comandante, would say they want to buy millions of dollars' worth of weapons to fight the colombian army and the u.s. military pilots protecting them. smulian has to believe that eduardo and el comandante are real. >> right, if smulian doesn't believe it, we're done, and, uh--and we go home. >> the meeting is about to take place. what's your temperature like? >> oh, your heart rate is up a little bit, and your adrenaline's going a little bit. you have butterflies. >> emotions that only escalated when, at this hotel in curacao, the fake rebels tell smulian, bout's buddy, they want to spend $12 million on everything from sniper rifles to surface-to-air missiles. >> he bites off on it. in fact, he eats the whole thing whole. so it was very successful. >> so successful, smulian immediately

the department -- the state department in curacao has been helping us. >> peter, finally, i hope youre given the right help. and if people who are watching who want to get involved in your story, i think it's an awful story to have happen to any family. i urge them to get in touch with you. peter let me have the final word with you. you didn't get the chance to say goodbye properly to your wife. how would you like her to be remembered? >> how would i like her to be remembered? >> how would you like your wife margaret to be remembered? >> oh, with love. she's such a loving woman. and it's so hard to explain it. but there is nothing that she could do to anybody if they wanted it or not, if they needed something, she was always there. always there helping out doing things for other people. >> i'm sure she's been with you tonight as well, peter. i know that your daughters feel that strongly. and i hope that you feel the same. peter, lisa, judy, thank you all for coming in. i'm so sorry you've been through this. i really am. >> thank you very much. >>> when we come back the state of the s