Word got around the neighbourhood and she said she was soon approached by a woman who offered her a deal: fly to Hong Kong to pick up tax-free electronics that could be sold for a profit on return, and be paid $2,000. Her husband, the main breadwinner for her family in Peru’s capital Lima, had recently left and she needed eye surgery.
Photo: Peter Parks/AFP.Īwaiting deportation after her release, Lecarnaque Saavedra sat on a bunk bed in a cramped hostel and described how she lost her gamble for quick money. This photo taken on shows Peruvian national Zoila Lecarnaque Saavedra (L), recently released after serving time in prison for drug trafficking and now awaiting deportation, reciting a prayer led by Father John Wotherspoon, a Catholic prison chaplain who has spent decades working with drug mules, in his office in the Jordan area of Hong Kong. Easy targets: Why drug mules fill women's jails in Hong Kong - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP Close
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