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Rodrigo Duterte's 'Death Squads' Fought in the Philippines' War on Drugs. Now He Might Get Life in Prison.

As many as 30,000 people may have died at the hands of the state-sponsored death squads.

Reason · Mar 23

Duterte’s drug war wasn’t about drugs

The former Philippine president’s crimes have finally caught up with him. But his war was never about the drugs

Salon · Mar 22, 2025

How this forensics expert unearthed a drug war mystery while cleaning exhumed bodies in the Philippines

The truth about the tragic death of a young Philippine boy — and dozens more caught up in Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs — has come to light thanks to one woman and a makeshift ward.

ABC News · Feb 3, 2023