Mary Jane Veloso drug smuggling case

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/mary-jane-veloso

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Mary Jane Veloso drug smuggling case born?January 10, 1985
2. What is the arrested?April 2010 in Indonesia
3. What is the convicted?Found guilty of drug trafficking
4. Who is Mary Jane Veloso?Mary Jane Veloso is a Filipino domestic worker born in 1985 who was arrested in Indonesia in 2010 for alleged drug smuggling.
5. Why was she put in prison in Indonesia?She was accused of trafficking narcotics and was convicted, receiving a death sentence that was later stayed, and she spent 14 years in prison.

Drug Trafficking: The illicit trade or dealing in drugs, often across international borders.
Capital Punishment: The legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime; the death penalty.
Repatriation: The process of returning a person to their country of origin.
Bilateral Agreement: An agreement made between two countries.