The Cocaine Diaries: A Venezuelan Prison Nightmare

di Jeff Farrell (Autore)

Paul Keany (Autore)

Transworld Publishers Ltd, 2013

'It won't happen to me. That's what I thought when I got on the plane to Venezuela. But it did - I got caught.' Caught smuggling half a million euros' worth of cocaine, Paul Keany was sexually assaulted by Venezuelan anti-drugs officers before being sentenced to eight years in the notorious Los Teques prison outside Caracas. There he was plunged into a nightmarish world of coke-fuelled killings, gun battles, stabbings, extortion and forced hunger strikes until finally, just over two years into his sentence, he gained early parole and embarked on a daring escape from South America . . . Aided by his extensive prison diaries, Keany reveals the true horror of life inside Los Teques: a shocking underworld behind bars where inmates pay protection money to stay alive, prostitutes do the rounds and vast amounts of cocaine are smuggled in for cell-block bosses to sell on to prisoners for huge profits. The Cocaine Diaries is a remarkable story, told by Keany with honesty, courage and even humour, despite knowing that every day behind bars might have been his last.

• Autore: Jeff Farrell, Paul Keany
• Editore: Transworld Publishers Ltd
• Anno: 2013
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 352 p.
• Dimensioni: 198 x 127 mm
• Peso: 241 gr.
• EAN: 9781780576077

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