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Brazil 'outraged' by Indonesia drug trafficking execution
Brazil says it is "outraged" by the execution of
one its citizens in Indonesia for drug trafficking.
Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, 53, was arrested in 2003 after
police at Jakarta airport found 13.4 kg of cocaine hidden in his hang glider.
Brazil says he was the first Brazilian national to be
executed abroad and has warned it will damage relations.
Five other convicts from Indonesia, Malawi, Nigeria, Vietnam
and the Netherlands, were executed on Sunday.
Convicted of drugs charges, they faced a firing squad in
Central Java province shortly after midnight local time.
Five were executed on the island of Nusa Kambangan and the
other one, a Vietnamese woman, was executed in the small central Javanese town
of Boyolali.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said in a statement that
she was "outraged and dismayed".
"Relations between the two countries have been
affected," said Ms Rousseff.
"The Brazilian ambassador to Jakarta has been recalled
for consultations," she added.
The Netherlands has also recalled its ambassador, after
Foreign Minister Bert Koenders called the execution of Dutch citizen Ang Kiem
Soe, 52, "an unacceptable denial of human dignity and integrity".
Indonesia has some of the world's toughest drug laws. The
country resumed executions in 2013 after an unofficial four-year moratorium.
The country's Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo said
"hopefully, this will have a deterrent effect".
President Joko Widodo has said that he will show no mercy
towards drug criminals because they have ruined the lives of so many.
'Another chance'
Ms Rousseff had made a plea for clemency on Friday, but it
was rejected by Mr Widodo.
She told her Indonesian counterpart that she respected the
sovereignty and judicial system of his country but as a mother and head of
state she was making the appeal for humanitarian reasons.
Brazil says Mr Widodo said he understood the Brazilian
president's concern but said he could not commute the sentence as the full
legal process had been followed.
Human rights group Amnesty International urged the
Indonesian government to halt executions immediately, and eventually abolish
the death penalty.
Moreira said in a video recorded by a friend that he
regretted trying to smuggle cocaine into Indonesia.
"I am aware that I committed a serious offence, but I
believe I deserve another chance. Everyone makes mistakes."
A second Brazilian national, Rodrigo Muxfeldt Gularte,
remains on death row in Indonesia, also convicted with drug trafficking
offences.
Brazil abolished the death penalty in times of peace when it
became a republic in 1889.
source: http://www.bbc.com
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Brazil says it is
"outraged" by the execution of one its citizens in Indonesia for drug trafficking.
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Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, 53, was arrested in 2003 after police at Jakarta airport found 13.4 kg of
cocaine hidden in his hang glider.
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Five other convicts from Indonesia, Malawi, Nigeria, Vietnam
and the Netherlands, were executed on
Sunday.
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Five were executed on the island of
Nusa Kambangan and the other one, a Vietnamese woman, was executed in the small central Javanese town of
Boyolali.
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Indonesia has some of the world's
toughest drug laws. The country resumed executions in 2013 after an
unofficial four-year moratorium.
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Ms Rousseff had made a plea for clemency on Friday, but it was rejected by Mr
Widodo.
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Brazil abolished the death penalty in times of peace when it became a republic in 1889.
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