--- title: Woman Tries to Sneak Boyfriend Out of Prison in Suitcase description: A 25-year-old Venezuelan woman was arrested after attempting to smuggle her boyfriend out of prison in a suitcase. canonical: https://time.com/4632822/woman-smuggles-prison-boyfriend-suitcase/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-12T15:59:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:06.778Z og:title: Woman Tried to Sneak Boyfriend Out of Prison in a Suitcase og:description: The breakout didn't go as well as planned og:url: https://time.com/4632822/woman-smuggles-prison-boyfriend-suitcase/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Woman Tried to Sneak Boyfriend Out of Prison in a Suitcase twitter:description: The breakout didn't go as well as planned twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Woman Caught Attempting to Sneak Boyfriend Out of Prison in Suitcase  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 12, 2017 3:59 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 12, 2017 3:59 PM UTC A 25-year-old [Venezuelan woman](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/12/venezuelan-thieves-target-womens-hair/) was arrested after attempting to [smuggle](http://time.com/4566471/canada-mint-employee-steals-gold-uses-butt/) her boyfriend [out of prison](http://time.com/4173454/el-chapo-capture-escape-timeline/) in a suitcase. Antonieta Robles Saouda recently tried to leave Jose Antonio Anzoategui prison with boyfriend Ibrain Jose Vargas Garcia hidden inside a suitcase she had purportedly brought along to carry his daughter’s toys, according to the [_New York Post_](http://nypost.com/2017/01/10/woman-busted-smuggling-lover-out-of-prison-in-a-suitcase/). However, guards reportedly caught onto her ruse when she began to have trouble pushing the luggage. Garcia — who is currently serving a 10-year sentence for car robbery — was escorted back to his cell while Saouda was arrested. Their daughter was taken into custody by social services. > [](https://twitter.com/nypost/status/819447929979236353) Read more at [NYPost.com](http://nypost.com/2017/01/10/woman-busted-smuggling-lover-out-of-prison-in-a-suitcase/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4632822/woman-smuggles-prison-boyfriend-suitcase/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4632822/woman-smuggles-prison-boyfriend-suitcase/"},"headline":"Woman Caught Attempting to Sneak Boyfriend Out of Prison in Suitcase","datePublished":"2017-01-12T15:59:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:06.778Z","description":"The breakout didn't go as well as planned","url":"https://time.com/4632822/woman-smuggles-prison-boyfriend-suitcase/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Venezuela","Crime","Weird News"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4632822/woman-smuggles-prison-boyfriend-suitcase/","name":"Woman Caught Attempting to Sneak Boyfriend Out of Prison in Suitcase"}}]}] ```