Stichwort Lima

Rebellen der MRTA Organisation besetzen am 22. Dezember 1996 das Haus der japanischen Botschaft in Peru und bringen 500 Menschen in ihre Gewalt. Sie verlangen die Freilassung politischer Gefangener. Die Aktion "Breaking the Silence" verfolgt den Zweck, die Öffentlichkeit auf die Missstände im Land aufmerksam zu machen. Zudem soll Diktator Fujimori in die Knie gezwungen werden.

In 2013, Michaella McCollum from Northern Ireland and Melissa Reid from Scotland were caught at the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Peru trying to smuggle £1.5 million of cocaine into Spain. The pair, also known as the `Peru Two,' were sentenced to almost seven years in one of the most notorious prisons in the world. The series provides a first-hand account from Michaella, a former club hostess in the Spanish nightlife, as she traces her journey from arriving in the foreign country for her first holiday to her downward spiral into the illicit world of drugs and excess.