Locked Up Abroad: Escape From Argentina Pictures
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Starting the Habit
Lucy's first time smoking crack cocaine.
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First Time Drug Use
Lucy Wright's first time high on crack cocaine.
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Hitting the Crack Pipe
Lucy quickly becomes addicted to crack cocaine shortly after her first time smoking it.
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Working on a Deal
Lucy talking to the drug dealer in her house. She needs money to feed her addiction and pay off her student loan debt, but she doesn't have any. He offers her a chance to smuggle.
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Hidden Cocaine
Lucy hesitantly accepts the offer to smuggle drugs and loads a large amount of cocaine bags in the bottom of her suitcase.
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Customs Cocaine Check
Lucy's suspicious baggage raise concerns and customs officers test her luggage and get a positive result for cocaine.
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Accused and Cuffed
Lucy is taken away in handcuffs by two customs officers.
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Busted and Booked
Lucy Wright having her mug shot taken.
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Lucy in Lockup
Lucy in prison after being caught for smuggling drugs.
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Nowhere to Run
A new judge, who doesn't believe in holding foreigners in jail due to overcrowding, releases Lucy until her court date. Lucy stays in the country for weeks until one night she hears police and decides to flee. Pictured here, she's trying to figure out where to without a passport.
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Mapping a New Direction
Lucy Wright at a bus station, trying to figure out where to go.
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A Swim to Freedom
In desperation, Lucy swims across the river and across the border to Brazil.
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A Wet Escape Route
Lucy comes out of the water after she swam from Argentina to Brazil.
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On the Run
A tired and dirty Lucy after swimming from Argentina to Brazil in order to escape the police.
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The Swim Escape
Lucy has made it to Brazil, but needs to figure out a way to get home to England without a passport.
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Hitching a Ride
Lucy at the side of a road trying to hitch a ride to the British Embassy.
