From Colombia: Maria Full of Grace 2009

Seventeen-year-old Colombian lady María Álvarez works in sweat shop-like conditions at a flower plantation. Her financial gain helps support her family, together with AN unemployed  sister WHO may be a single mother. once María discovers she is pregnant by her young man, he proposes to her however she declines as a result of she doesn't feel she loves him. when unjust treatment from her boss she equal her job de-thorning roses despite her family's vehement disapproval. On her thanks to Bogotá to seek out a brand new job, she is obtainable a grip as a drug mule. Desperate, she accepts the risky provide, and swallows sixty two wrapped pellets of hard drug and flies to ny town together with her friend Blanca, WHO has additionally been recruited as a drug mule.

María is sort of caught by U.S. customs WHO area unit suspicious when finding María's $800 in money and desperate to create a surprise visit to a sister she "hasn't seen in years," however not knowing anyplace else to travel if she is not home. She avoids being X-rayed because of her physiological condition, and that they ultimately believe the story that the daddy of her kid procured her ticket.

The traffickers collect María, Blanca and Australopithecus afarensis, another saw mule that Maria had befriended throughout her achievement. The mules area unit control surety in an exceedingly bedchamber till they pass all the drug pellets. Australopithecus afarensis falls unwell once a drug pellet apparently ruptures within her. María witnesses the traffickers carrying Australopithecus afarensis out of the sleeping room and sees a blood-stained vessel, coming back to the conclusion that the traffickers cut her hospitable retrieve the opposite drug pellets within her body. Scared, María convinces Blanca to flee together with her once the traffickers leave to dump Lucy's body. They flee with the medicine they need passed.

María has obscurity to sleep and goes to Australopithecus afarensis's sister's house however does not tell the sister that Lucy is dead. Blanca before long joins her there. Eventually the sister unexpectedly hears of their involvement in her sister's death and throws them out. Blanca ANd María create an agreement to come the medicine to the traffickers and receive their cash. María uses a number of her drug cash to send Lucy's body home to South American nation for a correct burial. María and Blanca area unit able to board the plane back to South American nation once María decides to remain within the us, Blanca returns home