Mary Jane Veloso | |
|---|---|
 Veloso in 2016 | |
| Born | Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso 10 January 1985[1][2] Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines |
| Occupation | Domestic worker |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated on death row |
| Conviction(s) | Drug trafficking (2010) |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso (born 10 January 1985[1]) is a Filipino who was arrested in Indonesia for drug trafficking in 2010 and then sentenced to death. Granted a temporary reprieve in 2015, she has remained on death row ever since. Veloso has always maintained her innocence throughout her 14 years of incarceration. In November 2024, the Indonesian government announced that Veloso would be transferred home to the Philippines after an agreement was reached between the two countries on prisoner transfer laws. Her case, among others, aroused international attention and widespread scrutiny of Indonesia's capital punishment and drug prohibition laws.
- ^ a b "Philippine press caught out by last-minute execution reprieve for Mary Jane Veloso". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 29 April 2015. Archived from the original on 31 May 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ^ "Veloso family on Mary Jane's birthday: We want her home". Rappler. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.