Once Sentenced to Death, Mary Jane Veloso Receives Pardon in the Philippines

New York Times25 September 2026, 10:17 UTCPhilippines

Mary Jane Veloso was convicted of drug smuggling and nearly killed by a firing squad in Indonesia. On Friday, more than a decade later, she was pardoned in the Philippines.

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