<P> The Republic of Tecala , where most of Proof of Life is set , is a fictional South American country . Tecala has long been the scene of an internal conflict between its government forces and the Liberation Army of Tecala ( ELT ) . The ELT was originally a Marxist guerrilla group supported by the Soviet Union , but after the Soviet Union 's dissolution in 1991 , the ELT 's primary source of funding fell through , and they began kidnapping people for ransom to fund their operations . A map seen in the film is that of Ecuador . The country 's capital Quito was chosen along with the eastern jungle and the nearby city of Baños de Agua Santa in the Ecuadorian Andes . </P>
where does the movie proof of life take place
The Republic of Tecala