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Drug traffickers use Bogotá – Sao Paolo – Dubai – Guangzhou route, said Colombian consul in Beijing

By Albeiro Rodas Fri, Jul 22, 2011 12:23AM UTC View Comments

Bogotá. The Colombian consul in Beijing, Jaifa Mezher, said to Caracol Radio that drug traffickers between the Latin American and the Asian country use the route Bogotá – Sao Paolo – Dubai – Guangzhou. ‘I do not have information about a net of drug dealers using Colombians, but that route does not require visa [for...

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Colombian taxi driver faces death penalty in China

By Albeiro Rodas Tue, Jul 19, 2011 2:45PM UTC View Comments

Harold Carrillo Sánchez, a poor taxi driver of Cali, Colombia, faces death penalty in Beijing for drug trafficking. His wife and three teens have one year already trying to get in touch with him.

Sihanoukville. A Colombian taxi driver, Harold Carrillo Sánchez, 45, from the industrial city of Cali, has two years to appeal a death penalty ruled by a court of Beijing for drug trafficking last April, reported the Colombian Chancellery. Colombian Guillermo Álvarez also faces the death penalty. The Colombian Chancellery reported also that the Chinese authorities...

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Executions expose ignorance on plight of Filipino OFWs

By James Cordova Thu, Mar 31, 2011 4:17AM UTC View Comments

President Aquino should investigate his people at the airport and the immigration bureau. They are as complicit in what happened to the three Filipinos executed in China yesterday as the drug syndicates. The execution of the three Filipinos in China yesterday brought out the ignorance of a number of Filipinos on the issue of overseas...

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Death penalty in China: Last hours of Ramon, Sally and Elizabeth

By Tonyo Cruz Wed, Mar 30, 2011 3:28PM UTC View Comments

The Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila released a timeline of today’s major events leading to and after China’s execution of Elizabeth Batain, Sally Ordinario-Villanueva and Ramon Credo who were convicted of drug trafficking charges. The Philippines earlier pleaded for leniency for the three overseas Filipino workers, citing both respect for Chinese laws and humanitarian...

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Who benefits from media blackout on Filipinos facing execution in China?

By Tonyo Cruz Tue, Mar 29, 2011 9:57PM UTC View Comments

President Aquino points to a map of Libya as Executive Sec. Paquito Ochoa, Acting Foreign Affairs Sec. Albert del Rosario and Labor Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz look on. (Photo by Robert Viñas/Malacañang Photo Bureau)

The family of one of the three Filipinos set to be executed by the Chinese government on Wednesday has reportedly requested journalists and media to respect its privacy and instead help expose international drug syndicates who use Filipinos as drug mules. Signed by a certain “Angel” who is said to be a member of Elizabeth...

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