Rugby giving young Venezuelan offenders a second chance

In 2003, Jose Arrieta tried to rob Hacienda Santa Teresa, Venezuela’s most important rum distillery. Today, and now a rugby coach, he is preparing a team sponsored by the firm to compete starting May 20 in the Costa Blanca Rugby Sevens in Spain.

After a rainy afternoon, Arrieta arrives at the Hacienda, located in the city of El Consejo in Aragua state, to begin practice in the sport that gave him a second chance, recalling that his life before rugby was “a little chaotic.”