It wont happen to me. Thats 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 & forced hunger strikes until finally just over two years into his sentence he gained early parole & 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 & 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 & even humour despite knowing that every day behind bars might have been his last.