It honestly wouldn't surprise me if these two were simply a 'make weight' as part of a bigger operation. I wouldn't be shocked at all if the security forces in Lima were "in" on the entire operation.

There are a lot of temptations here for a naive 22-year-old - more money than you'll earn in a year working the bars, free coke before you go, a nice hotel while you're there - it still remains that they're probably collateral damage in a bigger importation. We aren't talking about some two-bit operation supplying a bit of brown to junkies in Harehills here, we're talking about multi-million pound organised operations.

So two young, white, western girls are offered up as a settlement for a relatively small amount of cocaine. "Here you go, here's your PR moment. Just make sure your back is turned when our big shipment goes out next week, OK?"

I wouldn't be surprised if there was another few mules on the plane they were supposed to be on. From what I read somewhere, these 2 were arrested even before they checked in at the airport, they hadnt even got to the security desks. That to me looks like they were offered up as a decoy to distract from a bigger shipment.

It's not going to change any time soon.



Please do carry on, I have nothing to add to my earlier comment.

i was caught out last year at the bolivian-peru border. the guard took one look at my passport, looked at me tore the corner of it and then tossed it back to me and said im not coming in, i nearly sh*t myself. he told me to go back to le paz and get a new passport as this one was fake or something along those lines. my bus i was travelling on had already crossed the border into peru. brown pants times. i had a saving grace in a argentian girl who argued my case, she told me he wants 100 dollars us, i had 20 peso or something to buy a coke with. she then pays the bribe and we go on our way with the stamp in my passport. ive never wanted to kill someone as much in my life.