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

They probably aren’t going to do that because the cartel will kill their family if they get caught at all.