Filipina who narrowly avoided death row firing squad leaves Indonesia

Mary Jane Veloso was sentenced to death in Indonesia in 2010 after she was found carrying heroin.

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Mary Jane Veloso was sentenced to death in 2010 after she was found carrying 2.6kg (5.7lb) of heroin through an Indonesian airport.

But the 39-year-old mother of two has always maintained she was tricked into carrying the drugs.

She was flown back to Manila on Wednesday, after the two governments reached a deal that allowed her to return home.

"This is a new life for me and I will have a new beginning in the Philippines," she told a news conference, adding that she wanted to spend Christmas with her family.

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