ICC unseals arrest warrant for a prominent Philippine senator over drug war killings under Duterte
The warrant accuses him of murder as an indirect co-perpetrator in the drug war, with at least 32 killings cited by ICC judges.
- On Tuesday, Philippine Senator Ronald 'Bato' Dela Rosa locked himself inside his office after the International Criminal Court unsealed a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity.
- The November warrant alleges that Dela Rosa, while leading the Philippine National Police, helped implement a 'widespread and systematic' plan to 'neutralise' suspects during the drug war.
- Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano granted Dela Rosa protective custody on Monday, asserting the chamber would not permit an arrest within its premises.
- Dela Rosa petitioned the Supreme Court to block his transfer to any foreign tribunal, while appealing to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to protect him as a Filipino.
- This standoff follows the 2025 arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte and coincides with the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, marking escalating political turmoil in the Philippines.
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Former Philippine ‘drug war’ police chief runs away from government agents to avoid international arrest warrant
Scurrying through the backhalls and stairwells of the Philippine Senate, trailed by aides and falling over at least once, the large, bald man was trying to evade local agents.
Ex-Philippine leader Duterte’s drug war enforcer escapes ICC arrest
MANILA - A Filipino senator who oversaw former president Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drugs has taken refuge inside the country’s Senate, hours before the International Criminal Court unsealed a warrant for his arrest.
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A Philippines politician accused of being an architect of the country’s deadly war on drugs remained holed up in the Senate on Tuesday after running away from investigators seeking to ship him off to The Hague.
Duterte's drug war enforcer urges Philippine president to block ICC arrest
MANILA: Former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte's top drug war enforcer said on Tuesday (May 12) he would never surrender to an international court, while pleading for current President Ferdinand Marcos to intervene on his behalf.Ronald Dela Rosa, a sitting senator and former police chief, has taken refuge i
Philippine ex-politist Ronald dela Rosa is entrenched in the Senate because he fears the International Criminal Court. How long can the brutality of the former Duterte government be denied?
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