A woman, on trial for cocaine smuggling, admitted in court to putting her children “in danger” “because of financial problems”.

The way he committed the crime aroused great outrage: he “put cocaine into their bodies” of the minors – an 11-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy – reported Antena 3, citing judicial authorities.

The Spanish media reported on Monday, July 10, 2023 that the 50-year-old woman, who had been detained for 11 months, had been declared “guilty” by the criminal court of Créteil, in France.

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He smuggles cocaine with his children

During the arrest, which took place at Orly Airport in Paris, authorities found about 4.5 kilograms of cocaine in their suitcases.

What caught the attention of the authorities the most and had a major impact was hearing that Vanessa – as they identified her – came to put “cocaine balls in her children’s rectums”.

A total of 11 balls in her daughter and 26 in her son and she offered them medicine to slow down their bowel movements.

To convince her children of such a humiliating modus operandi, “she had promised her daughter clothes and her son’s school supplies since he was going to high school.”

A monster”

The aforementioned Spanish media reported that the mother said “feel like a monster”. He even went so far as to apologize for his act to the judge and his son. According to Antena 3, the woman was “already convicted of similar crimes” 8 years ago.

In the process that now leads her to a 7 years in prison it was determined that “he made trips between French Guiana and France to earn about 3,000 euros (about $3,288) for each drug delivery.”

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The “mules”

In October 2019, the AFP agency reported that at Orly airport, located in the south of Paris, the traffic of “mules” does not stop, “despite the mortal danger that this traffic represents”.

It further stressed that “Créteil court has a reputation for applying the rule ‘one kilo of cocaine = one year in prison’, but that this policy ‘does not seem to deter mules’.