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Escape from Venezuela’s Deadliest Prison

By: Natalie Welsh
Narrated by: Harriet Hardy
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After getting arrested at a Venezuelan airport with a suitcase of cocaine, Natalie was clueless about the danger she was facing.

Sentenced to 10 years, she arrived at a prison with armed men on the roof, whom she mistakenly believed were the guards, only to find out they were homicidal gang members.

Immediately, she was plunged into a world of unimaginable horror and escalating violence, where murder, rape, and gang warfare were carried out with the complicity of corrupt guards. Male prisoners often entered the females’ housing area, bringing gunfire with them and leaving corpses behind.

After 4.5 years, Natalie risked everything to escape and flee through Colombia, with the help of a guard who had fallen deeply in love with her.

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great

A great story and full of valuable lessons, came to me at the right time and gave me the kick I needed to go out and live my life

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Incredible story. A real eye opener

Natalie if you read these reviews this incredible story will always stay with me. I think about where you are now.

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it was ok think she would learn but

did not feel sorry for her you know the risks felt for her daughter but don't matter what state of mind your in horrible to do what she done and you think she would learn

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brilliant read I urge people to buy it

absolutely gripping from the first word ! , all of the negative comments I've read from the little sheltered Karen's with no life experience , need to get a full on grip!

again what an amazing read

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fantastic book

This book was fantastic, all the emotions were jumping out and Natalie didn't hold back with her honest and bare story . she wasn't trying to make you feel bad for her she was telling it like it was and it really relayed well. the narrator did a awesome job also . if your a true crime fan or love banged/locked up abroad the TV show then you will love this book.

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Loved it

Fabulous listen. Honest and sincere but so gutted to hear the end. So many twists and turns from start to finish.

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Strong message

This is a dramatic and eventful real life story, and I value the message in it.
I found the reader's voice annoying for the most part, with terrible Spanish accents, not even pronouncing Chavez's name correctly, which would have been easy to research.
Still a worthwhile book, and my heart goes out to the author.

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underwhelmed by the achievement factor here

I'd seen the author's interview on Youtube, couldn't quite place her and bought this book, wondering what exactly was going through her head at those points of ' go large or go home' ( pardon the punt ). Well, according to the book at least, a lot less than expected.

( spoiler alert ) The author sort of just went for it 'so one day me and Juan decided we were going to do it' ...she didn't escape the prison, btw, she escaped the country in which the prison was, while on some sort of a months' long parol. No one checked author's papers on a way out. Seemed like 50/50 chance, or thereabouts. So she believed that life will just sort itself out. Life sometimes does it, of course, if you do brave things, except in author's case it wasn't life that elegantly put things in their rightful places, but mostly other people, that went out of their way to sort hers out, to be then of course left behind as inevitable collateral of helping someone in continuous denial, which was no biggie, the author didn't hide it very well, as it's sort of a basic 'what happened' book so quite transparent like that. There didn't seem to be much before and after transformation of any other sort either, only superficial.

I was hoping to get inspired...by something, somebody else's inner freedom, even selfish freedom..but the freedom bit was missing for me here. Joke's on me though, shouldn't have bothered with the book in the fist place



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Amazing amazing amazing - MUST READ !!!!

An absolute must read - what an amazing women - the story is interesting and easy to follow. Brings tears of joy and understanding during many parts. Someone trapped from there life lessons who stares difficulty and hell in the face, survives and still follows the light. Here on earth to learn and expand her mind she’s definitely on the right path now …… stay strong Natalie and may the world find strath in your words. Xx

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Gripping

A very Enjoyable Book, shame it actually happened. At times you felt like jumping in the book and given Natalie a big hug.
I don't think I would be mentally strong enough to cope with all of the mayhem and chaos.

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