jUliana Lopez, a soccer player who had planned to compete in the Miss World contest after winning a beauty contest in Colombia, talks about her situation in a Chinese prison after being sentenced to 15 years in prison for cocaine trafficking.
In 2015, former Colombian Diva Football Club player and her ex-boyfriend Juan Esteban Marin were arrested at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, who hid 610 grams of cocaine from a computer.
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Football player and model Juliana Lopez escaped the death penalty after being sentenced in China
Juliana Lopez avoided the death penalty and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, and could be released in 2026 (four years before the plan).
According to the newspaper Nanfang Daily, his good attitude and regret during the judicial process influenced his decision not to impose a life sentence or death penalty.
A letter from soccer player Juliana Lopez to his mother from a Chinese prison: “The situation is stressful”
The former soccer player, who was arrested at the age of 21 and now 31, wrote to his mother in 2021, four years later by Columbia’s media outlet La Red.
“My love for love, my mother, I don’t like anything else in the world. People are surprised and say there are many people who love me,” Juliana Lopez wrote to Nubia Sarazola, who traveled to China to be near her daughter during her prisoners.
“For better or worse, so many people still see us, but I consider it a godly blessing. The situation here is getting more and more stressful,” said the former footballer, who emphasized that she devoted herself to studying and working during her first six years in prison in China.
“I share that I am struggling with a lot of work pressure. Now we are taking exams,” said Juliana Lopez, who also works in the manufacture of Motors for prison fans and hair dryers.
