Filipina inmate Mary Jane Veloso may be able to return home from Indonesia this week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday. DFA Undersecretary Eduardo De Vega said while the chance for Veloso’s arrival is likely,

After more than a decade, convicted overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso will make her homecoming just in time for Christmas on Wednesday, December 18, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.

The midnight flight bringing Veloso home to Manila will close a dark chapter that began in 2010 when she left the Philippines as a hopeful migrant worker.

It’s a mix of emotions that gripped Celia Veloso on Sunday after her hope of seeing her daughter, Mary Jane, were dashed when she was told she would not fly to Indonesia now that plans on the jailed Filipino worker’s return to the country were being finalized.

Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Indonesia, will be transferred back to the Philippines after 14 years. Her case gained attention after interventions from various parties,

Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina domestic worker who had been on death row in Indonesia for 14 years, is scheduled return to her home country on Wednesday as part of a prisoner transfer agreement between Jakarta and Manila.

JAKARTA — Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina inmate on death row in Indonesia, was moved to the capital Jakarta before she is expected to fly home later this week, after the government signed an agreement with Manila this month to repatriate her.

Mary Jane Veloso will finally return home on Wednesday, December 18, said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Quoting DFA Undersecretary Theresa Lazaro, Press

Indonesia will transfer Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino woman who was sentenced to death for drug trafficking, to her home country in the early hours of Wednesday morning, a senior Indonesian official said.