Written by lawyer Rusty Young, Marching Powder - sometimes shocking, sometimes funny - is a riveting story of survival. When he was told that for a bribe of $5000 his sentence could be overturned, it was the many backpackers who'd passed through who sent him the money.
Thomas ended up making a living by giving backpackers tours of the prison - he became a fixture on the backpacking circuit and was named in the Lonely Planet guide to Bolivia. Prisoners have to pay an entrance fee and buy their own cells (the alternative is to sleep outside and die of exposure), prisoners' wives and children often live inside too, high quality cocaine is manufactured and sold from the prison. Rusty Young Marching Powder: A True Story of a British Drug Smuggler In a Bolivian Jail Kindle Edition by Rusty Young (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 8,711 ratings 1 Best Seller in Latin American Travel See all formats and editions Kindle Edition £4.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook £0. Thomas found himself in a bizarre world, the prison reflecting all that is wrong with South American society. Marching Powder is the story of how he navigated this dark world of gangs, drugs and corruption to come out on top. Small-time drug smuggler Thomas McFadden found himself on the inside. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo San Pedro is Bolivia's most notorious prison.
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