Aside from Mary Jane Veloso, 77 other Pinoys facing death penalty abroad
Aside from Mary Jane Veloso, the 30-year-old Filipina facing execution in Indonesia for drug smuggling, over 70 other Filipinos are on death row in other countries for various crimes, most of them involving illegal drugs.
According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), there are 77 Filipinos on death row abroad, most of them in Saudi Arabia.
In a text message to GMA News Online, DFA spokesperson Charles Jose enumerated the Filipinos facing executions abroad as follows:
Saudi Arabia: 27 (26 for murder and one for drugs)
Malasyia: 24 (18 for drugs, four for murder, and two for murder with rape)
China: 19 (all for drugs)
USA: 2 (both for murder)
Vietnam: 2 (both for drugs)
Kuwait: 1 (for murder)
Indonesia: 1 (for drugs)
Thailand: 1 (for murder, rape, and theft)
Executed Pinoys
Since 2010, seven Filipinos were executed, most of them in China.
In 2011, Sally Ordinario-Villanueva, Ramon Credo, Elizabeth Batain were executed by lethal injection in China for drug smuggling. Ordinario-Villanueva and Credo were executed in Xiamen, while Batain was executed in Shenzhen.
In the same year, a 35-year-old unnamed Filipino male was also executed China, specifically in Liuzhou County, Guangzi, also for drug trafficking.
In 2013, a 35-year-old Filipina who was convicted in China for carrying six kilos of heroin in January 2011 was executed.
The following year, Carlito Lana was executed in Saudi Arabia for killing his Saudi employer in 2010. He was beheaded.
Earlier this year, Joven Esteva, 39, convicted for killing his employer and injuring his employer's son in 2007, was executed in Saudi Arabia. —KBK, GMA News
According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), there are 77 Filipinos on death row abroad, most of them in Saudi Arabia.
In a text message to GMA News Online, DFA spokesperson Charles Jose enumerated the Filipinos facing executions abroad as follows:
Saudi Arabia: 27 (26 for murder and one for drugs)
Malasyia: 24 (18 for drugs, four for murder, and two for murder with rape)
China: 19 (all for drugs)
USA: 2 (both for murder)
Vietnam: 2 (both for drugs)
Kuwait: 1 (for murder)
Indonesia: 1 (for drugs)
Thailand: 1 (for murder, rape, and theft)
Executed Pinoys
Since 2010, seven Filipinos were executed, most of them in China.
In 2011, Sally Ordinario-Villanueva, Ramon Credo, Elizabeth Batain were executed by lethal injection in China for drug smuggling. Ordinario-Villanueva and Credo were executed in Xiamen, while Batain was executed in Shenzhen.
In the same year, a 35-year-old unnamed Filipino male was also executed China, specifically in Liuzhou County, Guangzi, also for drug trafficking.
In 2013, a 35-year-old Filipina who was convicted in China for carrying six kilos of heroin in January 2011 was executed.
The following year, Carlito Lana was executed in Saudi Arabia for killing his Saudi employer in 2010. He was beheaded.
Earlier this year, Joven Esteva, 39, convicted for killing his employer and injuring his employer's son in 2007, was executed in Saudi Arabia. —KBK, GMA News
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