dateline kate snow (voiceover): jaime levy, >> jaime levy, an american living in ecuador was negotiatingtranslator: hola, this is elisa's, how is she? >> his little girl was somewhere out in the jungle, kidnapped by dangerous criminals. jaime was feeling betrayed by the country where he made his home. >> if you ever in the back of your mind think about kidnapping as a possibility? >> i had thought about it a little bit, but we don't make any money. but that's the impression that people have here. an american, you're probably a millionaire. >> less than a week into elisa 's captivity, in a phone call recorded by law enforcement agents, the kidnappers ringleader put a price on her life. >> translator: if you want to her back, it will be 1 million u.s. dollars. >> 1 million u.s. dollars. >> that's a lot of money. possible for this family? >> [speaking non-english] >> following instructions from law enforcement experts, jaime tote the ringleader, he would not consider paying the ransom until he knew for sure that elisa was alive. kidnapping experts call it a proof of life. even though elisa'