Locked Up Abroad

The incredible story of how two Vietnam prisoners of war, Sen. John McCain and Ernest Brace, found a way to survive imprisonment.

One of America's biggest reptile smugglers flees to Belize in a vain attempt to evade prosecution after his operation is smashed by undercover agents.

An Englishman upsets the local mafia; he builds an Ecstasy dealing empire.

When American contractor Roy Hallums is kidnapped in Iraq, his fate looks sealed; his nearly yearlong ordeal sees him beaten and practically buried alive.

Antonio Mendez, the CIA officer portrayed by Ben Affleck in "Argo", along with former hostages.

A storm ruins plans to take more than a ton of marijuana back to the U.S., surfers Mike Cooke and Mace Stanley and smuggler Frank Sayre are sent to a Mexican prison; then they tunnel their way out of it.

An American hippie turns cocaine smuggler to save his relationship and ends up in a Peruvian hell.

The FBI pulls off a sting operation to capture mobster Frank Cullotta.

Hot-shot street racer Rick breaks into cars to support his young family but soon he's involved in a criminal gang and the police are on his tail.

Howard Marks becomes one of the world's biggest cannabis smugglers until a DEA Agent tracks him down and sends him to one of America's toughest prisons.