I doubt that this is going to help her much. She had the drugs on her and she stated that the contents of the suitcase belonged to her. Thus as a mule she will be charged and spend time in a prison that has reputation of women getting raped a lot in it. I am sure this is going to change her as a person.
Yes, she made a life altering decision. Decisions carry consequences, and some decisions carry harsh consequences. I feel bad for what is happening and about to happen to her. Maybe reporting this will discourage someone else from going down this path.
We can hope that it will but there is a lot of drug people that will pay a person a lot of money to be a mule and of all of the mules that are out there few are actually caught thus people are making money doing this. The risk is very high and if you do get caught you do not need to look far to see what can happen.