Colombian Beauty Queen Gets 15 Years in Prison in China For Smuggling Drugs
Cocaine found in her laptop
Charles Liu, July 28, 2016 11:36am
A would-be beauty queen has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for drug smuggling in China and will be deported after she serves her time.
Juliana Lopez Sarrazola, a Columbian citizen, had travelled to Guangzhou on July 18 to participate in the Miss World Medellin beauty pageant. When she landed, she was arrested with 610 grams of cocaine hidden inside her laptop computer, say Chinese authorities.
Sarrazola, 23, had agreed to smuggle the drugs for a Colombian drug dealer named “Sergio” in order to earn money to attend the Miss World pageant, reported the Yangcheng Evening Report.
According to the paper, Sarrazola was paid $776 in cash and given free air tickets and hotel accommodation. She would have received another $2,500 if she successfully smuggled the drugs into the country.
Sarrazola’s lawyers had asked the court for leniency on the grounds that Sergio had threatened to kill her family if she refused to comply with his demands.
According to official figures, more than a hundred Colombians are currently being held in China, almost all due to drug-related issues.
Source: Shanghai Daily
Photos: Next Shark, Fox News
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