“I am now completely free and vindicated.”This was how former Senator Leila de Lima felt after a Muntinlupa court on Monday granted her demurrer to evidence, effectively dismissing her third and final drug case and clearing her of all drug charges after seven years of trial.Here's how De Lima's long and grueling battle for justice happened.August 2016 — Former President Rodrigo Duterte accused De Lima, a vocal critic of his administration, of being involved in the illegal drug trade.
Espinosa had testified that De Lima was part of the drug trade at the NBP.May 2022 — Former Corrections officer-in-charge Rafael Ragos also recanted his statements against De Lima, claiming he was threatened into making false allegations.Ragos had told the Senate in 2016 that he delivered, along with aide Jovencio Ablen Jr., P5 million in proceeds from the illegal drug trade inside the NBP to De Lima's house in Parañaque City in 2012.
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