Years later, Philippines reckons with Duterte’s brutal drug war

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
MANILA, Philippines — When Rodrigo Duterte was running for president eight years ago, he vowed to order the police and the military to
find drug users and traffickers to kill them, promising immunity for such killings
In the months after, police officers and vigilantes mercilessly gunned down tens of thousands of people in summary executions.