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On August 3, Duterte said that the Sinaloa cartel and the Chinese triad are involved in the Philippine drug trade. [83] On August 7, Duterte named more than 150 drug suspects including local politicians, police, judges, and military. [84] [85] [86] On August 8, the United States expressed concerns over the extrajudicial killings. [87]
Dionisio R. Santiago is a Filipino retired Army General and a public servant who served in various military and civilian positions. He is a former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and was appointed chair of Dangerous Drugs Board in July 2017. [3]
This is a compendium of the Filipino generals, commanders, leaders and who fought during the Philippine Revolution, Filipino-American War and the Post-war insurgencies against US occupation of the Philippines. There are 165 generals listed in this article.
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency cleared Yang of involvement in such illicit activities. [39] PDEA director general Wilkins Villanueva, brought up a 2004 anti-drug operation against a "clandestine laboratory" in Davao City where Yang was involved but not as one of the named targets during a Cabinet meeting.
[2] [8] Some local drug syndicates are also involved in the international illegal drug trade, and utilize drug mules to transport small amounts of illegal drugs to other countries. Some overseas Filipino workers have been utilized by drug syndicates as drug mules, either knowingly or unknowingly.
In the context of the Philippine drug war of President Rodrigo Duterte, National Capital Region Police Office chief Debold Sinas said that Barayuga might be part of Duterte's 'narcolist', a list of people allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade. [5] He did not provide evidence that the PCSO official was part of such list. [6]
Ninja cops, or narco cops, is a term that was popularized at the height of the Philippine drug war, which began during the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte in 2016. It refers to a label used to refer to police personnel who are alleged to be involved in the illegal drug trade themselves by reselling portion of the contraband seized in anti drug operations.
In accordance with his campaign promise, President Rodrigo Duterte initiated the war on drugs shortly after he took office on June 30, 2016. [9] [10] As of July 26, 2017, the Philippine Information Agency reported 68,000 anti-drug operations which resulted in around 97,000 arrests, 1.3 million surrenders, and around 3,500 drug personalities killed in legitimate police operations. [11]