Not carrying a bag for someone else

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When traveling by plane it is not wise to carry a bag for someone else. It is important to have packed the bag yourself and not let anyone tamper with the bag. An American lady was at a party and she met a man. He and she became boyfriend and girlfriend. She and her daughter move into his apartment. A few months later he takes her on a trip to Panama but she leaves her daughter behind. They have a wonderful few days and then he gives her $1000 after saying he will go back to America on business. She isn't happy at staying in Panama alone. He leaves her a bag and says she must bring it to him in Paris. She has to get a bus to Costa Rica and waiting in line she wonders what is in the bag. The sniffer dogs are not interested in the bag. When she gets to Costa Rica the airline say she has to fly via Cuba and then onto Paris. She flies off to Cuba and gets chatting to an English lady. She and the English lady get a room together. The English lady tells her that she is carrying illegal drugs in her bag. The American lady is worried about her daughter that is in America with her daughter. She imagines that illegal drugs might be in the bag given to her by her boyfriend. The English lady gets on the plane without any trouble but the American lady is asked if they can search her baggage. The illegal drugs are found and she is sent off to jail. Why did the boyfriend put his girlfriend in danger of getting arrested at the airport? Should the lady have carried her boyfriend's bag? Why don't Americans visit Cuba?