GABACHO: Drugs Landed Me In Mexican Prison, Theatre Saved Me

Gabacho is the true tale of youthful angst, crime, misunderstandings, love, friendship and redemption.Over Christmas break of his senior year, a University of Utah theatre student disenchanted with his conservative Mormon upbringing, took off for Mexico with a college friend seeking a wild adventure. If the adventure hadn't included smuggling drugs it might have been another college road trip. But after a disastrous encounter with a drug cartel, they ended up being arrested by Mexican Federales while trying to make it to the US border.Jewkes and friend are tossed into a Mexican prison, where they find themselves anticipating torture, rape and even death. A fight with a notorious killer, struggles with tormenting guards and the difficulties of foreign prison lead to a disastrous escape attempt. To survive, Jewkes starts a theatre group with a rag-tag bunch of Mexican convicts.

Author: Richard Jewkes, Brian Whitney

Publisher: WildBlue Press

Publication Date: Jul 16, 2019

Number of Pages: 322 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1948239299

ISBN-13: 9781948239295