Thomas Rex Hargrove (3 March 1944 - 22 January 2011) was an American agricultural scientist who was
kidnapped in Colombia by
FARC narco-guerillas in 1994. Throughout the 11 months he was captive, Hargrove secretly kept a diary which was published as
Long March To Freedom: Tom Hargrove's Own Story of His Kidnapping by Colombian Narco-Guerrillas. The 2000 film
Proof of Life starring
Meg Ryan and
Russell Crowe was heavily based on Hargrove and his ordeal.