 After only 24 hours upon arrival to the town of Marrero in Somalia, Le Gouil was kidnapped by five men armed with AK-47s on December 16, 2007.The abductors were said to have told Le Gouil’s translator and driver to leave the scene immediately.Le Gouil was then moved from the Bosaso region to a mountainous area east of the country, where he had no access to clean water or medicine.