(UPDATE) UPON her return to the Philipines, Mary Jane Veloso will be taken straight to prison for a five-day quarantine before she can see her family, who will be allowed to visit her on Christmas, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said Tuesday.
Veloso, 39, had been on death row in Indonesia for 14 years on drug charges, but an agreement between Jakarta and Manila paved the way for her repatriation this week to Manila, where she will serve out the rest of her sentence.
Filipina inmate on death row in Indonesia Mary Jane Veloso waves to journalists at the Yogyakarta Class IIB Women's Correctional Institution in Wonosari, Yogyakarta, on December 15, 2024, before her transfer to Jakarta after Indonesia and the Philippines signed an agreement last week to repatriate her. Mother of two Mary Jane Veloso, 39, was arrested and sentenced to death in 2010 after the suitcase she was carrying was found to be lined with 2.6 kilograms (5.7 pounds) of heroin, in a case that sparked uproar in the Philippines. (Photo by DEVI RAHMAN / AFP)
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