Due to her work, Jineth has experienced violence from different actors of Colombia’s armed conflict, including being kidnapped twice. On 25 May 2000, Jineth Bedoya Lima, then 26 and working as a reporter for El Espectador, was kidnapped, tortured and raped by the AUC, a right-wing paramilitary group. In October this year, Jineth was chosen as one of the 100 most influential journalists covering conflict around the world. She currently works for the national newspaper El Tiempo as sub-editor.