Mary Jane Veloso has been transferred to a regular dormitory at the Correctional Institution for Women following the completion of her mandatory five-day quarantine period.

In 2015, former President Benigno Aquino III made a last-minute appeal to Indonesia to spare Veloso’s life after her illegal recruiter surrendered to authorities in the Philippines.

She made headlines in 2015 when she was given a last minute reprieve from execution following a personal appeal by the late former president Benigno Aquino 3rd to the Indonesian government.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo stopped Veloso’s execution on April 29, 2015, after then-President Benigno Aquino III appealed her case and explained that her testimony was vital in the case ...

Veloso’s case caused a domestic outcry in the Philippines and she received a last-minute reprieve from execution in 2015 after late former President Benigno Aquino appealed to the Indonesian ...

Then-President Joko Widodo of Indonesia stopped Veloso’s execution on April 29, 2015 after then-President Benigno Aquino III appealed her case and explained that her testimony was vital in the ...

The administration of the late president Benigno Aquino III went through several years of attempting to convince Indonesia to pardon Veloso, to no avail. Human rights groups amplified a global ...

It is the reason why Indonesia agreed to delay her execution in 2015, since the late former president Benigno Aquino III asked Indonesia at the eleventh hour to turn Veloso into a state witness.

In 2010, Mary Jane Veloso was stopped at Yogyakarta airport because a suitcase she was given to carry contained heroin. Then Philippine President Benigno Aquino III obtained a reprieve 11 hours ...

The mother of Mary Jane Veloso is hopeful that ongoing talks between PH and Indonesian officials will allow her to finally come home.