马尼拉讯——菲律宾总统小费迪南德·马科斯已赦免移民工人玛丽·简·韦洛索。韦洛索因在印尼贩毒被判死刑一案，因她坚称自己是人口贩运受害者而在国内引发广泛关注。
MANILA -- Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has pardoned migrant worker Mary Jane Veloso whose death sentence in Indonesia for drug trafficking attracted widespread attention at home after she insisted she was a victim of human trafficking.
2010年，韦洛索在印尼日惹被捕，当时当局在其行李箱中查获2.6公斤海洛因。
Veloso was arrested in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in 2010 after authorities found 2.6 kilograms of heroin hidden in a suitcase.
这名移民工人称自己是“毫不知情”的毒品运输工，并辩称是人口贩运受害者。但印尼法院判定她有罪，并于2015年判处死刑。
The migrant worker said she was an "unwitting" drug mule and argued she was a victim of human trafficking. But the Indonesian courts convicted her and sentenced her to death in 2015.
2024年12月，在马尼拉和雅加达的外交努力下，韦洛索被遣返回国，因菲律宾没有死刑，其刑期被减为无期徒刑。此后她一直被关押在马尼拉的一所女子监狱。
She was repatriated in December 2024 a result of diplomatic efforts between Manila and Jakarta and her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment because the Philippines does not have the death penalty. She has been incarcerated at a women's prison in Manila ever since.
菲律宾政府认定她为人口贩运受害者。2020年，韦洛索指认招募她的玛丽亚·克里斯蒂娜·塞尔吉奥和朱利叶斯·拉卡尼劳因非法招募其他三人被判有罪。马科斯周五对记者表示：“我已经签署了她的赦免令。”
The Philippine government recognized her as a victim of human trafficking. In 2020, Maria Cristina Sergio and Julius Lacanilao, the people who Veloso said recruited her, were convicted of illegal recruitment of three other people. "I already signed her pardon," Marcos told reporters on Friday.
权利组织“国际移民者”将韦洛索的获赦描述为“全球民众运动长期为作为人口贩运受害者的玛丽·简争取自由和正义取得的历史性胜利”。“玛丽·简期盼已久的自由证明了民众集体行动的力量，”该组织在声明中表示。
Rights group Migrante International described Veloso's pardon as "a historic victory for the global people's movement that has long fought for freedom and justice for Mary Jane as a victim of human trafficking." "Mary Jane's long-awaited freedom is a testament to the power of the people's collective action," the group said in a statement.
菲律宾权利组织“全国人民律师联盟”在脸书发布的声明中表示，韦洛索的“自由值得庆祝”。“这也提醒我们，为何贩运受害者必须首先得到保护、关怀和正义，以及为何没有受害者应该花费数年时间仅为争取被认定为受害者而奋斗，”该组织补充道。
The National Union of People's Lawyers, a Philippine rights group, said in a statement posted on Facebook that Veloso's "freedom is a cause for celebration." "It is also a reminder of why trafficking victims must be met first with protection, compassion, and justice, and why no victim should have to spend years fighting simply to be recognized as one," the group added.
韦洛索的遭遇折射出数百万菲律宾海外工人面临的脆弱处境。受国内不稳定经济状况驱使，菲律宾人为寻找就业机会远赴海外谋求经济稳定，却往往发现自己陷入法律困境，且缺乏足够的保护。
Veloso's plight echoed vulnerabilities faced by millions of overseas Filipino workers. Driven by precarious economic conditions at home, Filipinos in search of employment travel abroad in search of financial stability, only to find themselves navigating legal predicaments often without adequate protections.
尽管菲律宾已承诺改善海外菲律宾人保护相关政策，但一些工人的遭遇比韦洛索更为不幸。2011年，莎莉·比拉纽瓦、拉蒙·克雷多和伊丽莎白·巴坦在中国被执行死刑，引发全球强烈抗议，凸显了犯罪集团如何蓄意利用经济脆弱的工人。
Although the Philippines has committed to improving policies surrounding the protection of Filipinos overseas, some workers have been less fortunate than Veloso. The 2011 executions of Sally Villanueva, Ramon Credo, and Elizabeth Batain in China sparked a global outcry and underscored how criminal syndicates deliberately exploit financially vulnerable workers.