CNN reports. Pemberton is “perpetually” barred from returning to the Philippines, added Jaime Morente, commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration.
The Marine boarded a military plane bound for the U.S. Sunday morning.Pemberton was convicted of killing Jennifer Laude, who he had met in October 2014 at a nightclub in Olongapo, near Manila.
Pemberton, then 19, took Laude, 26, to a hotel room, where he choked her, breaking her neck. She was found with her head in a toilet.
At his trial, Pemberton used a trans panic defense, with his lawyers arguing Laude was responsible for her death because she didn’t disclose to the Marine that she was transgender.