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The Cocaine Diaries

A Venezuelan Prison Nightmare

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The Cocaine Diaries

By: Jeff Farrell, Paul Keany
Narrated by: Aidan Kelly
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‘It won’t happen to me. That’s what I thought when I got on the plane to Venezuela. But it did–I got caught.’

Caught smuggling half a million euros’ worth of cocaine, Paul Keany was sexually assaulted by Venezuelan anti-drugs officers before being sentenced to eight years in the notorious Los Teques prison outside Caracas. There he was plunged into a nightmarish world of coke-fuelled killings, gun battles, stabbings, extortion and forced hunger strikes until finally, just over two years into his sentence, he gained early parole and embarked on a daring escape from South America . . .

Aided by his extensive prison diaries, Keany reveals the true horror of life inside Los Teques: a shocking underworld behind bars where inmates pay protection money to stay alive, prostitutes do the rounds and vast amounts of cocaine are smuggled in for cell-block bosses to sell on to prisoners for huge profits. The Cocaine Diaries is a remarkable story, told by Keany with honesty, courage and even humour, despite knowing that every day behind bars might have been his last.

©2012 Jeff Farrell and Paul Keany (P)2023 Jeff Farrell and Paul Keany Social Sciences True Crime Crime

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This book takes you thtough a whole range of feelings, anger, fear, sadness, shock, happiness, hope.......its a rollercoaster! I listened whilst on my daily run and its such an entertaining book. The treatment of these prisoners is abhorrent and inhumane but to see friendship and bonds made in such conditions is truly heart warming. Highly recommend

Compelling Listen!

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The vivid descriptions, the humour through the misery. The science of honour amongst the groups was outstanding.

Eye watering!

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What an excellent well written book. Every minute is filled with unbelievable, shocking detail. A no-holds barred account of the horrors of being banged-up in a Venezuelan prison.

Mindblown

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Really enjoyed this. A horrific situation but finding fun and character development in it is great. Well written and easy to follow! Highly recommended

Amazing story

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Definitely worth listening to. A brutally honest account of a man’s life after he made the biggest mistake of his life.

Honest and eye opening

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Absolutely gripping! The prison ‘system’ abroad is madness. The story was told so well, the fear and the sadness was felt with sprinklings of the relief that he had made connections made throughout Paul’s sentence. Five star read

Fascinating read

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Jeez , that's a crazy story. Imagine living like they do in those prisons. The conditions . Grim . I enjoyed this, good listening. Would recommend it if you like these kinds of stories.

Wow 😲😳

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Real eye opener into the other side of life. How far a man is willing to go to survive on the other side of the world where he doesn’t even speak the language. Amazing story of survival

Horrific conditions discribed well

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i loved everything and disliked nothing so interesting and felt like it was me there

so involving and well told

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The book was amazing hes story was honest and I listened to it in a couple of days .this is a must

Great book

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