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A young british drug dealer spends five years in a bolivian prison that develops a successful economic system. In 2015 he returned secretly to the prison to film a segment for australias sunday night program. Marching powder is the story of how he navigated this dark world of gangs, drugs and corruption to come. Thomas found himself in a strange world, the prison reflecting all that is bad about south america with society. Rusty young was backpacking in south america when he heard about thomas mcfadden, a convicted english drug trafficker who ran tours inside bolivias notorious san. Marching powder details the bizarrely true story of thomas mcfadden who spent four and a half years in the infamous san pedro prison in bolivia. Marching powder download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. It is a place where corrupt politicians and drug lords live in luxury apartments, while the. Others run shops and restaurants, and hundreds of women and children live with imprisoned family members. A true story of friendship, cocaine, and south americas strangest jail by thomas mcfadden, rusty young at. Jun 01, 2003 rusty young born 1975 is the australianborn author of the international bestseller marching powder, the true story of an english drug smuggler in bolivias notorious san pedro prison and the bestselling novel, colombiano, a factmeetsfiction revenge thriller about a colombian boy who sets out to avenge his fathers death. A true story of a british drug smuggler in a bolivian jail the pan real lives series book 6.
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