Philippine ex-President Duterte says he kept a 'death squad' as mayor to kill criminals
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told a Senate inquiry Monday that he had maintained a “death squad” of gangsters to kill other criminals when he was mayor of a southern Philippine city. Duterte, however, denied authorizing police to gun down thousands of suspects in a bloody crackdown on illegal drugs he had ordered as president and which is the subject of an investigation by the International Criminal Court as a possible crime against humanity.Duterte, 79, attended the televised inquiry in his first public appearance since his term ended in 2022. The Senate is looking into the drug killings...
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Former Philippine President Duterte confirms existence of 'death squad'
MANILA (Reuters) - Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed a "death squad" existed under his watch to control crime when he was Davao City mayor, but gave conflicting accounts of its makeup, first saying it was run by police officers, then by gangsters.
Death Toll in Sinaloa Turf Wars Tops 90 as Violence Shows no Signs of Abating
The amount of deaths as a result of turf wars between factions of the Sinaloa Cartel keeps increasing, with the toll now surpassing 90. 16 killings took place in the past two days, according to local media. The count takes September 9 as the starting date, when the "Chapitos," who...