They are the "women's patrol," a group of 18 mothers and grandmothers whose nightly walks through the dimly lit alleys of Pateros have been helping to deter shadowy gunmen behind murders of residents linked to illegal drugs.
With the town of 63,000 paralyzed by fear, the women decided to arm themselves with flashlights and patrol their community, keeping up a nightly presence to disrupt the bonnet gang. "But when they saw how effective we are, because of how we really go around the community, people regained confidence."In the deadliest periods of the crackdown, there were as many as 4 murders linked to drugs each day in the Philippines, many by gunmen riding pillion on motorcycles.
He attributed the deaths to botched drug deals, turf wars between drug syndicates, or informants being silenced.
阿弥陀佛
So what’s the point of this article?
I wish PH has the ability to create changes and stop addictions. But, no country has ever figured that one out. So sad.
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