Banged Up Abroad: Hellhole: Our Fight to Survive South America's Deadliest Jail - Softcover

Miles, James; Loseby, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0091946794 ISBN 13: 9780091946791

Publisher: Ebury Press, 2012

Synopsis

'There are 3,000 drugged-up psychopaths, armed to the teeth with blades, shooters and bombs. That's the only way I can describe Yare. It's a murderous viper's nest of assassins, cut throats and killers.'

When James Miles and his best friend Paul Loseby were caught smuggling ten kilos of cocaine out of Caracas, Venezuela, they couldn't deny their guilt. Young and naive, the lads had thought the one-off drug mule job would be a passport to a better life. But in reality it was a ticket to hell ...

They were sentenced to thirty years and flung into the world's deadliest prison system, ending up in the notorious Yare. A place where drugs and weaponry are currency and the rules are: there are no rules.

This is the gripping true-life story of how two men endured untold savagery in the most appalling conditions. It's about what it's like to witness murder and rape every day, fearing you'll be next. How it feels to join a dangerous Latino gang and eat dead rats in order to survive. And, what you do when you're at the centre of a riot between thousands of men with machine guns.

As seen on Channel 5's Banged Up Abroad, this is the most shocking prison story ever told and an inspiring account of human endurance.

About this title

Product Description:

When James Miles and his best friend Paul Loseby were caught smuggling ten kilos of cocaine out of Caracas, Venezuela, they couldn't deny their guilt. This title tells the true-life story of how two men endured untold savagery in the most appalling conditions.

Review:

"Gripping and shocking read." (The Sun)

About this edition

• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0091946794
• ISBN 13: 9780091946791
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336