Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Wednesday that a deal has been reached for Indonesia to send home a Filipino death-row drug convict who was nearly executed by firing squad but got a reprieve due to years of pleadings from Manila.

A Philippine woman spared execution in Indonesia on charges of drug trafficking in 2015 will return home after years of negotiations between the Southeast Asian neighbours, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Wednesday.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says Mary Jane Veloso to come home after ‘long and difficult journey’.

Indonesia has agreed to send Mary Jane Veloso back to the Philippines after years of attempts by her home country and international human rights groups to save the drug convict from death row.

A Filipina spared from execution on drug trafficking charges in Indonesia in 2015 will be returned to the Philippines after years of negotiations between the two Southeast Asian neighbours, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Wednesday.

Indonesia allowed Veloso’s return to the Philippines under the condition that the Philippine government recognises her drug trafficking conviction and that she serves the remainder of her sentence in her home country, said Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra in a statement.

MANILA: The Philippines is “bound to honour” the conditions set by Indonesia in allowing the transfer of Mary Jane Veloso back to the country, including the serving of her sentence, the national government said Thursday (Nov 21).

After 14 years on death row, Mary Jane Veloso is finally returning home to the Philippines, as Indonesia signals a more humane approach to foreign prisoners under President Prabowo Subianto. It remains uncertain, however, whether the 39-year-old Filipino will be transferred to a Philippine prison or released upon her return.

A Philippine woman sentenced to death in Indonesia on drug charges said Thursday that she was "elated" to be returning home, after a deal brokered between the two nations.

Plan is to grant Veloso clemency -foreign ministry No timeline yet for Veloso’s return Mother worried for her safety in the Philippines MANILA/JAKARTA — A Philippine woman spared execution in Indonesia on charges of drug trafficking in 2015 will return home after years of negotiations between the Southeast Asian neighbors,