Mary Jane Veloso's Last-Minute reprieve

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Filipino woman on Indonesia death row recalls a stunning last minute reprieve and 'miracle' transfer

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Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso was sentenced to death in Indonesia on drug trafficking charges.

She was arrested in 2010 at the airport in the Indonesian ancient city of Yogyakarta , where officials discovered about 2.6 kilograms ( 5.7 pounds ) of heroin hidden in her luggage.

A “practical arrangement” between Indonesia and the Philippines was signed on Dec. 6 , to send Veloso home.

Veloso was the youngest of five siblings of a family who lived in extreme poverty.

Veloso dropped out of school in her first year of high school and married her husband when she was just 16 years old .

The couple later separated and she became a single mother to two young sons, forcing her to emigrate to Dubai in 2009 .

She returned to the Philippines before the end of her two-year contract after an attempted rape.

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