The resort island of Bali conjures up images of beaches and gentle lapping Pacific Ocean waves.
This from westernjournal.com.
But a Brazilian teen who traveled there could end up in front of a firing squad after she was charged with smuggling drugs onto the island.
Bali is part of Indonesia, which has very strict laws against drugs.
According to CNN:
As recently as 2016, four convicted drug smugglers were executed by a firing squad.
According to the New York Post:
Manuela Vitoria de Araujo Farias, 19, is accused of having three kilograms of cocaine in her luggage when she landed on Jan. 27.
Farias flew from Brazil to Bali via Qatar, but the drugs were not detected at her interim stop, the Post reported.
He claimed she was hired by a gang that told her once she reached Bali, she could have Buddhist prayers said to help her mother, who recently suffered a stroke.
A 19-year-old tourist could face death by firing squad after allegedly smuggling drugs into Bali in her luggage.https://t.co/jJkuROaMvi
— news.com.au (@newscomauHQ) February 9, 2023
da Silva said:
They said that she could pray in the temples to ask for her mother’s healing.
In a similar instance of alleged drug smuggling, according to Australia’s news.com:
Australian tourist Jeffrey Welton, 52, had been in danger of the death penalty when he was arrested in September and charged with bringing drugs to the island.
Welton had been charged with bringing eight grams of heroin and 0.34g of methamphetamine into the country.
Australian drug smuggler Jeffrey Welton escapes Indonesian death penalty in Balihttps://t.co/r9qwSQ2BN1
— WhatsNew2Day (@whatsn2day) January 24, 2023
