Philippines Announces Bounty on Senator Wanted by the ICC for Crime Against Humanity
Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla said authorities are offering 50 million pesos for the senator’s capture and will hand him to the ICC if found.
- On Friday, the Philippine government announced a 50 million pesos bounty for the capture of Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, who faces an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for alleged crimes against humanity.
- The ICC alleges Dela Rosa was an "indirect co-conspirator" of former President Rodrigo Duterte, who was arrested last year and now awaits trial in The Hague for crimes linked to his drug war.
- Philippine police chief Jose Melencio Nartatez formed a dedicated task force to track the senator, who is now considered "armed and dangerous" and has been in hiding since May.
- Interior Secretary Juanito Victor Remulla stated, "It's time for the gloves to come off," as authorities seek to end the senator's evasion and transfer him to the ICC.
- Duterte is set to stand trial on November 30 for crimes against humanity, while the ICC warrant charges Dela Rosa with the murder of "no less than 32 persons.
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Philippines announces bounty on senator wanted by the ICC for crime against humanity
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials announced a bounty Friday for the capture of a senator who has been ordered arrested by the International Criminal Court for an alleged crime against humanity in connection with deadly anti-drugs crackdowns. The court alleges that Sen. Ronald dela Rosa, 64, was an “indirect co-conspirator” of former President Rodrigo...
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The Philippine government put a bounty on Friday on the head of the top enforcer of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody anti-drug crackdown, nearly a year after the International Criminal Court (ICC) ordered his arrest. Former Philippine police chief and sitting Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa had mostly been in hiding for months before The Hague-based tribunal unsealed the November 2025 arrest warrant against him in May and put him into fligh…
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