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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia and the Philippines signed a deal on Friday, December 6, 2024, to send home a Filipino death-row drug convict who was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, as the new administration of President Prabowo Subianto seeks to shore up diplomatic ties with neighboring countries.
“We are hopeful that we would be able to do this before Christmas, so that it would be a happier Christmas for everyone,” Vasquez said, “Most importantly, to the grieving family of the the relatives, they have long been wanting to see their family back and hold in their arms.”.Veloso was arrested in 2010 after arriving in Yogyakarta's international airport carrying a suitcase lined with 2.6 kilograms of heroin. She was convicted and sentenced to death.
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