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I know someone who visited the san pedro prison in bolivia and was disappointed to learn there were no tours of the prison. The growing notoriety of the prison, and the purchase of the film rights to marching powder by brad pitt, prompted a crackdown on corruption within san pedro, ending the guided tours and tightening controls on family visits, drugs, alcohol. Marching powder by rusty young overdrive rakuten overdrive. Marching powder unabridged audiobook, by rusty young.
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