FACT CHECK: No national hero status for Mary Jane Veloso

Claim: Mary Jane Veloso, a former overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who had been on death row in Indonesia over drug trafficking charges, is being hailed as a national hero following her return to the Philippines.

Rating: FALSE

Why we fact-checked this: The claim appeared in a YouTube video titled “Mary Jane Veloso, gagawing patron saints and hero ng Bagong Pilipinas/Cong. Paolo Du30 sumagot sa kaso!” 

(Mary Jane Veloso, to be made a patron saint and hero of the New Philippines / Cong.