Patricia Evangelista launches book in Davao, epicenter of Duterte drug war

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A MOTHER’S COPY. Clarita Alia, whose four sons were killed during ex-president Rodrigo Duterte’s tenure as Davao mayor, shows her copy of journalist Patricia Evangelista’s book. Herbie Gomez/Rappler The country witnessed a haunting pattern of thousands mysteriously killed one by one or in batches after Duterte, a newly elected president in mid-2016, promised a boom in the funeral industry. Even during his presidential campaign, he promised to fatten the fish of Manila Bay by dumping thousands of criminals’ corpses there.

DUTERTE’S COPY. Former president Rodrigo Duterte flips through the pages of Patricia Evangelista’s book, ‘Some People Need Killing’ after a press conference in Davao City on January 6, 2024. The photo was taken moments after Duterte received the book from MindaNews’ Carolyn Arguillas. Manman Dejeto/Rappler

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