Veloso family pins hopes on clemency

by Franco Jose C. Baroña - Catherine S. Valente - Bernadette E. Tamayo - Red Mendoza - Javier Joe Ismael - Aric John Sy Cua - Agence France-Presse

Dec 19, 2024 12:14 am

MARY Jane Veloso, who spent nearly 15 years on Indonesia's death row, tearfully reunited with family members Wednesday after arriving in Manila, where she now awaits a hoped-for pardon in a women's prison.

Veloso, a mother of two, landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) at daybreak, then was immediately transferred to prison following a repatriation deal between the two countries over a decade in the making.

REUNION Mary Jane Veloso finally gets to be with sons Daniel and Darren upon her arrival at the Bureau of Women’s Correctional in Mandaluyong City on Dec. 18, 2024. PHOTO BY MIKE DE JUAN

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