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Rodolfo Schneckenburger was charged with falsification of a private document in a Philippine court while serving as honorary consul of Uruguay. He argued the court did not have jurisdiction over him based on provisions in the US and Philippine Constitutions regarding jurisdiction over ambassadors and ministers. However, the court ruled that while those provisions granted original jurisdiction to the Supreme Court over diplomats, consuls are not entitled to the same privileges and immunities as ambassadors o

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Shiela Brown

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