Philippines Embassy officials ask Vietnamese government for permission to visit convicted drug mule, Amodia Teresita Palacio
After a 61-year-old Filipina was sentenced to death last week in Vietnam, Philippines officials are asking the Hanoi governments permission to visit her, according to a GMA News report Monday.
61-year-old Amodia Teresita Palacio was arrested for possession and smuggling of more than five kilograms (11 pounds) of methamphetamine, or shabu as its called in the Philippines in April at a Hanoi airport.
Last Wednesday,a Vietnamese court sentenced Palacio to death for the crime.
“She is now in detention cell no. 1. Hopefully they will be granted visitation within this week,” Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said Monday.
The nieces said the recruiter offered Palacio a job with a salary of $3,000 (roughly P123,000) per month.
The recruiter also allegedly assured Palacio that all of her travel expenses, including airfare, would be covered by them.