Death Penalty Abolished In Latin America, But Citizens Face Execution In US, Elsewhere
Death Penalty Abolished In Latin America, But Citizens Face Execution In US, Elsewhere
BOGOTA, May 1 (BERNAMA-NNN-EFE)-- Despite the abolition of the death penalty in Latin America, citizens from the region continue to be executed or face execution in other parts of the world, often unleashing diplomatic tensions.
Most recently, two Brazilians were executed in Indonesia despite intervention by the Brazilian government.
The two Brazilians were executed by firing squad despite more than a decade of diplomatic efforts to save their lives, led by both former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and current President Dilma Rousseff.
Rodrigo Gularte was arrested in 2004 and executed early Wednesday on Nusakambangan island in Indonesia, together with seven other foreigners convicted of drug trafficking.
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