Texas teen angers travel agencies by winning a free trip using this one odd trick.

Just tell the government you're from where ever it is you want to go. It helps if it's Columbia.

15 year old, maybe 14 at the time, Jakadrien Lorece Turner ran away from home and was arrested for misdemeanor theft. She told Houston police she was Tika Lanay Cortez from Columbia. Not only did they believe her, so did Columbia. She was given a passport and deported to Columbia where they enrolled her in job training under their "Welcome Home" program.

She's back home now.

I know what you're thinking. Can I get deported to Hawaii? Probably not. That's a state.

Rio de Janeiro is nice, though.

Rio nice? Come to think of it...my time spent there was delightful. Walking to the beach was a breeze crossing over an 6 lane busy boulevard to enjoy the Copacabana beach. I must admit, I couldn't wait to see the legendary Rio beach body....and neither could the man I was with. Boy were we shocked! If you are a guy that loves big boobs...forget it! Although most of the great plastic surgeons in the world are located in Brazil, the women in Rio seem quit satisfied with their A and B size breasts. Sorry American men!

Another beach surprise...watch where you lay your towel, that pungent odor you smell is human piss. That's right, I discovered too late on my trip, that every day spent at the beach was like lying in a human cat box! Now if that doesn't turn you off to Rio...perhaps the potential of crime against you might cause you to think twice about that free trip you won to Rio. The last time I was there...one of the members of our group was kidnapped and dumped several days later on the beach missing one kidney!

Paris?

No, that's not what I was thinking at all. I was wondering why the greatest country in the world doesn't have that same program for troubled teens. Do we need to take lessons from Columbia?

It's getting harder and harder to hold up that "we're # 1" sign.

You've obviously have never seen City of God, have you?

Check it out, I highly, highly recommend it.