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I was a Patsy, says Linda Belly, 21, arrested two years ago with more than three pounds of cocaine in her bag when she switched planes in Mexico City.(...)
I was a Patsy, says Linda Belly, 21, arrested two years ago with more than three pounds of cocaine in her bag when she switched planes in Mexico City.(...)

I was a Patsy, says Linda Belly, 21, arrested two years ago with more than three pounds of cocaine in her bag when she switched planes in Mexico City.(...)

Date12/2/1976
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  • I was a Patsy, says Linda Belly, 21, arrested two years ago with more than three pounds of cocaine in her bag when she switched planes in Mexico City.(...)
  • I was a Patsy; says Linda Belly; 21; arrested two years ago with more than three pounds of cocaine in her bag when she switched planes in Mexico City. She still faces another five years in Mexico's Santa marta Women's Prison.
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Original Toronto Star caption: I was a Patsy; says Linda Belly; 21; arrested two years ago with more than three pounds of cocaine in her bag when she switched planes in Mexico City. She still faces another five years in Mexico's Santa marta Women's Prison.
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