The New Zealand woman being detained in Argentina accused of drug-smuggling maintains she is the victim of an elaborate scam.
Sharon Armstrong, a former deputy chief executive at Maori Language Commission, was detained on 13 April after trying to board a plane with a suitcase containing 5kg of cocaine.
Ms Armstrong is in custody in a medium-security women's detention centre in Ezeiza, about an hour west of Buenos Aires. She believes she will appear in court next week, but is unsure of what will take place.
Her family say she was on the way to London to meet a man she had been internet dating, and that the man had paid for her to divert to Buenos Aires and pick up some paperwork for him.
In an interview with 3 News Ms Armstrong admitted there was cocaine in her suitcase, but says she did not know it was there and was tricked into carrying it by the man.
Ms Armstrong believes she has been duped: "A scam, I think, is probably the right word - I didn't know."
"I guess there are going to be people that will think differently of me, but I know that my friends and my whanau (family) know me.
"They know that this isn't the sort of world that I mix in and not the place that I ever thought I would end up."
On Thursday, Ms Armstrong told a Radio New Zealand correspondent by phone from the detention centre that she was scared and had no idea who she is dealing with.
The correspondent, Daniel Schweimler, said the woman sounded very alone and unsure of her circumstances and reiterated to him that she had been the victim of a scam.
Interpol is searching for the man, who has removed his Facebook page and disappeared.
Family members of Ms Armstrong's have checked hotel bookings the man is alleged to have made for her stay in London, but there is no evidence that they were ever made.
Legal fund
New Zealand embassy staff have visited Ms Armstrong and provided her with a list of English-speaking lawyers.
A former chief executive of the Maori Language Commission, Haami Piripi, says close family members intend to travel to Argentina, but embassy staff have advised them to wait for now.
Friends are rallying to gather resources to put together a legal fund and to find a way of communicating with her to boost her spirits while in prison, Mr Piripi says.
