English translation - here
2018 letters from Latin American inmates & other items
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Dec 16: Letter in English, Spanish & Portuguese - here, by Andres, from Argentina. He's due to be in prison in HK until 2027. His previous letter, Nov 11, below
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Dec 7: Beautiful reflection by a Venezuelan women in prison in HK for drug trafficking - here
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Nov 11: Letter in English, Spanish & Portuguese - here, by Andres, from Argentina, with details of his trial on Nov 7. He's due to be in prison in HK until 2027. His previous letter, Oct 10, below
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Oct 22: Letter from a
Colombian man arrested for drug trafficking while living in HK, in Spanish and
English - here
His previous letter, Oct 12, below
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Oct 15: Letter in English and Spanish from a Colombian man explaining how he was forced to take part in drug operation in HK - here. Report of his case (container?) in SCMP is here
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Oct 12: Letter from a
Colombian man arrested for drug trafficking while living in HK, in Spanish and
English - here
His previous letter, Oct 2, below
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Oct 10: Two letters, one in Spanish one in French - here, from Andres, from Argentina, with more reflection about how he was recruited to bring drugs to HK. His previous letter, Sep 23, below
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Oct 2: Letter from a
Colombian man arrested for drug trafficking while living in HK, in Spanish and
English - here
His previous letter, Sep 24, below
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Sep 24: Two letters in Spanish
with English translation from a Colombian man
in prison in HK for drug trafficking - here
and here
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Sep 23: Letter in English - here, and Spanish - here, from Andres, from Argentina, with more details about how he was recruited to bring drugs to HK. His previous letter, July 11, below.
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Sep 22: Moving letter, in Spanish with English translation - here - from Colombian woman coming to terms with being in prison in HK for drug trafficking. Her previous letter, August 4, below
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Sep 1: Letter from a
Venezuelan man in prison in HK for drug trafficking, in Spanish with
English translation - here.
His previous letter, March 28, below
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Aug 27: Letter in Spanish with English translation by a woman from Venezuela who has already been sentenced in HK for drug trafficking - here
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Aug 23: At the High Court yesterday morning a man from Brazil was sentenced for drug trafficking. He was given a starting point of 22 years (mandatory) which was increased to 24 years for the "international element" (... bringing drugs into HK as distinct from trafficking within HK .... mandatory). But then the kind judge deducted 12 months for the help the man and his family gave my anti-drug campaign (I met the family in Sao Paulo in January ... they took part in much publicity .... e.g. man is "M" here in this report of G1 which has a daily online readership of 11 million!), then deducted another 3 years on account of the man's personal circumstances and for the man's co-operation with authorities ... making 20 years, then 1/3 discount for the man's guilty plea which somehow led to a rounding off of 12 years, which after the normal 1/3 for good behaviour which all prisoners receive will become 8 years. And because the man has already been in detention since he was arrested at HK airport in April 2017, he therefore has only 6 years and 8 months to serve.
Trial ended on a moving note when it was revealed that the man's father (who had been seriously ill for some time) had died in the past day or so and family was trying to communicate this message to the man through a friend in HK who was in court. At which the kind judge ordered that the man be allowed, in court, while judge took brief absence, to use friend's phone to call family.
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Aug 6: Letter in Spanish, with English translation, from a 52-year old Peruvian woman in prison in HK for drug trafficking, after she was forced to put 180 pellets of drugs into her body. Report of her arrest is here
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Aug 5: Letter from Argentinean man in prison for drug trafficking - in Spanish and English - here. Previous letter, July 11, below
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Aug 4: Letter in Spanish, with English translation, from a Colombian woman in prison in HK for drug trafficking. Her previous letter, July 24, below
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July 31: Letter in English and Spanish by a Peruvian man in prison in HK for drug trafficking
English translation - here
Media report about his arrest in HK - here
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July 31: Letter to judge in Spanish with English translation from a Venezuelan woman in prison in HK for drug trafficking
English translation here. Her previous letter, May 21, below
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July 30: Letter in English and Spanish by a Colombian man in prison in HK for drug trafficking - here
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July 24: Letter in Spanish, with English translation, from a Colombian woman in prison in HK for drug trafficking
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July 11: Letter in Spanish
by Andres, an Argentinian man, in
prison in HK for drug trafficking - here.
English translation here
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July 10: Article in Clarin
Media, Buenos Aires, about an Argentinian man, Walter, in prison in HK for drug
trafficking. Walter agreed to his name being published. This powerful article
will do much to stop others from drug trafficking ... and please God help Walter
get a sentence discount for helping the anti-drug campaign. Report in Spanish is here.
An English translation is here:
Since Walter agreed to his name being published, his letters to Clarin, with his name and number, can therefore be published here in full:
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June 8: Letter from a young woman from Venezuela in prison in HK - how she was tricked/forced at age 19 by African men to bring drugs to HK, with warning to others not to make the same mistake:
English translation at bottom of this typed script
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May 31: Letter in Spanish, with typed English translation, of letter from a Colombian man in prison in HK for drug trafficking
English translation (scroll down)
His previous letter below, March 26
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May 21: Letter in Spanish from a Venezuelan woman in prison in HK for drug trafficking
English translation here
Her previous letter below, April 27
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May 19: Letter in English from a Brazilian man in prison in HK for drug trafficking
His previous letter below, May 13
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May 13: Letter in English from a Brazilian man in prison in HK for drug trafficking ....5 children, 4 wives...he had big financial burden:
His previous letter, May 10, below
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May 11: Letter in Spanish from a Colombian man in detention for drug trafficking:
English translation here
His previous letter, March 19, below
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May 10: Simple message in English from a Brazilian man in prison in HK for drug trafficking
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May 8: Letter in Spanish from a Venezuelan woman in prison in HK for drug trafficking - celebrating her 12th anniversary of freedom from drug usage
English translation here
Previous message March 8, below
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May 6: Letter in Spanish with English translation from a Venezuelan woman in prison in HK for drug trafficking (scroll down for English)
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May 1: Letter in Spanish from an Argentinian man in prison in HK for drug trafficking
His previous letter, April 4, below
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April 27: Letter in Spanish from a Venezuelan woman in prison in HK for drug trafficking
English translation here
Previous letter April 9, below
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April 25: Letter in Spanish with English translation from a Venezuelan woman in prison in HK for drug trafficking (scroll down for English)
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April 22: Letter in Spanish with English translation from a 58 year old Peruvian woman in prison in HK for drug trafficking
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April 9: Letter in Spanish from a Venezuelan woman in prison in HK for drug trafficking
English translation here
Previous letter March 28, below
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April 8: Letter in English
from a Jamaican man, a father of 7, home
devastated by two hurricanes, desperate for money, now in prison in HK for drug
trafficking after being recruited by the Drug Lord Kingsley
Gogo
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April 5: Letter in Spanish from a local HK Colombian man in prison in HK for drug trafficking
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April 4: Letter in Spanish from an Argentinian man in prison in HK for drug trafficking.
His previous letter, March 13, below
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March 28: Letter in Spanish from a Venezuelan woman in prison in HK for drug trafficking
English translation here
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March 28: Letter in Spanish & English from a Venezuelan man in prison in HK for drug trafficking - here
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March 26: Letter in Spanish from a Colombian man in prison in HK for drug trafficking
His previous letter October 2017
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March 20: Letter in Spanish from a Peruvian man in prison in HK for drug trafficking
His previous letter, Feb 7, below
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March 19: Letter in Spanish from a Colombian man in detention for drug trafficking:
His previous letter below, March 2
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March 16: Letter in Spanish from a Peruvian woman in prison in HK for drug trafficking
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March 13: Letter in English from an Argentinian man in prison in HK for drug trafficking
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March 12: Letter in Spanish from a Venezuelan woman in prison in HK for drug trafficking
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March 8: Letter in Spanish from a Venezuelan woman in prison in HK for drug trafficking
English translation here
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March
2: Letter in Spanish from a Bolivian woman
in prison in HK for drug trafficking
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March 2: Letter in Spanish from a Colombian man in detention for drug trafficking:
His previous letters below, February 5
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February 21: Letter in Portuguese from a Brazilian man in detention in HK for drug trafficking:
His previous letters: Jan 15 (below), Aug 1, 2017 and June 6, 2017
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February 20: Letter in Spanish from a Bolivian man in prison in HK for drug trafficking
His previous letters: Oct 16, 2017; Oct 14, 2017; July 1, 2017
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February 7: Letter in Spanish from a Peruvian man in prison in HK for drug trafficking
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February 5: Letters in Spanish from a Colombian man in prison in HK for drug trafficking:
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January 15: Letter in Portuguese from a Brazilian man in detention in HK for drug trafficking:
