Liberal tree-hugging types just never learn to stay out of third world hellholes.
You are probably right. But it is possible to love animals, travel on a budget and be conservative.
I’ve done it myself.
Conservative religious missionaries have the same problem.
I don’t know what her politics are but it’s not important. The main thing to take away from this is that it’s stupid to visit “third world hellholes” on your own. Period.
It’s a shame that after the first arrest, when the police took her back to her hotel, that she didn’t pack up and get out of Dodge. But then again, that could have been construed as her being complicit in the crime.