Ben Lopez: 'Your insurance company will know where to find me.’ Photograph: Linda Nylind/for the Guardian
This Man Could Save Your Life -- The Guardian
Ben Lopez has spent 17 years bartering with kidnappers – and he's never lost a hostage. The secret, he says, is psychological skill and gut instinct.
'You must be John. I'm Ben Lopez."
"Good to meet you, Ben."
We both know he isn't called Ben Lopez, but we maintain the pretense. Everyone has to have a name and his might as well be Ben Lopez. For the past 17 years, Lopez has worked as a kidnap and ransom negotiator, a job in which his own safety – as well as that of the hostages – depends on his anonymity. Not that you can miss him in the flesh as he is 6ft 5in tall and about as broad. Which turns out to be pretty much why he came to be offered the job.
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My Comment: I suspect that his services are in demand right now .... especially in places like Somalia, Pakistan, Colombia, etc..
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