Bedoya was abducted twice while reporting: she was kidnapped, raped, and tortured while preparing for an interview with a paramilitary group leader in 2000; and was abducted in 2003 while reporting on FARC-controlled territories. With security, Bedoya continues to report and write columns. In 2021, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that the Colombian state was responsible for her abduction in 2000.