Jose Eller Daguinot was in jail for six years for a drug-related case.
Enrique Deatras started serving his jail sentence for child abuse on May 14, 2008 and was to be released on May 14, 2010.Mark Fred Jose was also sent to jail in 2008 for child abuse.Philippine Ambassador Ramoncito Marino thanked President Johnson Toribiong and Justice Minister Johnny Gibbons for allowing the release of the three Filipinos.The president, for his part, said he asked the Attorney General’s Office to go through the judicial process.On April 28, Associate Justice Kathleen Salii granted the AGO’s motion to modify the inmates’ sentences.The motion stated that the deportation of the three would be a “substantial assistance to the republic in that it would reduce jail overcrowding.”Salii ordered the deportation of the three inmates who would pay for their own airfare.Marino said he requested the Philippine government to provide repatriation funds so that the three could buy plane tickets.
