eli5 if people are forced to become drug mules by force like threatened to being killed if they refuse do they still go to prison if they notify someone at the airport

Question

Watching this drug smuggling program on TV and I’ve always wondered if the victims of said scenarios face charges despite confessing they were forced to do it.

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Answer 1

If they’re being threatened w death to do that prison isn’t gonna keep them safe either if they snitch. Just an all around bad situation to be in