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Drug killings leave agony, savage facet to Duterte’s legacy

FILE - Outgoing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, second from left, stands beside incoming Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., second from right, as they attend the oath taking rites of Vice-President elect Sara Duterte in Davao city, southern Philippines on June 19, 2022. Duterte has denied authorizing extrajudicial killings in Davao or elsewhere in the country but has long openly threatened drug suspects with death and ordered law enforcers to shoot suspects, who threaten them with harm. (AP Photo/Manman Dejeto, File)

FILE - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, center, poses for a selfie with a supporter during the 115th anniversary celebration of the Philippine Coast Guard on Oct. 12, 2016 in Manila, Philippines. Duterte has denied authorizing extrajudicial killings in Davao or elsewhere in the country but has long openly threatened drug suspects with death and ordered law enforcers to shoot suspects, who threaten them with harm. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

A drug suspect, who uses the alias Lazarus for security, shows a scar from a gunshot wound close to his heart during an interview with the Associated Press at an undisclosed location on the outskirts of Manila, Philippines on June 27, 2022. Lazarus, who was gunned down and left for dead by police officers but surprisingly survived the violence in a dark Metro-Manila alley in 2016, said he still fears for his life but would be willing to testify in the ICC to get justice and possible state reparation. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Emily Soriano shows a picture of her 15-year-old son on her smartphone as she recounts how he was gunned down with four friends and two other residents while partying in a Philippine slum six years ago during an interview with the Associated Press at their home in Manila, Philippines on Thursday, June 23, 2022. With Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte set to step down on June 30, 2022 at the end of his turbulent six-year term, Soriano and other relatives, who say their loved ones were victims of extrajudicial killings under Duterte's campaign, are turning to the International Criminal Court after failing for years to attain justice at home. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Emily Soriano wipes tears beside a picture of her 15-year-old son as she recounts how he was gunned down with four friends and two other residents while partying in a Philippine slum six years ago during an interview with the Associated Press at their home in Manila, Philippines on June 23, 2022. With Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte set to step down on June 30, 2022 at the end of his turbulent six-year term, Soriano and other relatives, who say their loved ones were victims of extrajudicial killings under Duterte's campaign, are turning to the International Criminal Court after failing for years to attain justice at home. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

FILE - Police inspect the site where alleged drug user Marcelo Salvador was shot dead by unidentified men in Las Pinas, south of Manila, Philippines on Sept. 5, 2016. More than 6,250 mostly poor drug suspects have been killed in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's crackdown based on a government count since he expanded the campaign nationwide after becoming president in 2016. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

FILE - Catholic priest Rev. Flaviano "Flavie" Villanueva walks with funeral workers in protective suits as they carry the remains of a victim of an alleged extrajudicial killing at a public cemetery in Manila, Philippines on Sept. 17, 2021, after it was exhumed due to an expired contract to rent the grave. An International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, said on June 24, 2022 that he has sought authorization from the court to resume an investigation into drug killings as a possible crime against humanity, from Nov. 1, 2011 when outgoing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was still a Davao mayor to March 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

FILE - Family and friends grieve as they pay their last respects to alleged drug user Robert Manuel Jr. during funeral rites at Manila's North Cemetery, Philippines on Sept. 12, 2016. Manuel was killed with two others during a buy-bust police operation as part of the continuing "War on Drugs" campaign. An International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, said on June 24, 2022 that he has sought authorization from the court to resume an investigation into drug killings as a possible crime against humanity, from Nov. 1, 2011 when outgoing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was still a Davao mayor to March 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

FILE - Relatives and friends grieve at the funeral of an alleged drug suspect Robert Manuel Jr. at the Manila's North Cemetery, Philippines on Sept. 12, 2016. Manuel was killed with two others during a buy-bust police operation as part of the continuing "War on Drugs" campaign. An International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, said on June 24, 2022 that he has sought authorization from the court to resume an investigation into drug killings as a possible crime against humanity, from Nov. 1, 2011 when outgoing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was still a Davao mayor to March 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

FILE - Police take out a bag of Marijuana from the pocket of one of two unidentified alleged drug suspects after they were shot dead by police as they tried to evade a checkpoint in Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Sept. 6, 2016. More than 6,250 mostly poor drug suspects have been killed in Duterte's crackdown based on a government count since he expanded the campaign nationwide after becoming president in 2016. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - FILE - A policeman checks on the unidentified body of an alleged drug lord with his head, hands and feet wrapped in packaging tape after it was dumped by unidentified men along a dark alley in Manila, Philippines on Sept. 21, 2016. An International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, said on June 24, 2022 that he has sought authorization from the court to resume an investigation into drug killings as a possible crime against humanity, from Nov. 1, 2011 when outgoing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was still a Davao mayor to March 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - FILE - An alleged drug suspect lies on the ground beside a gun after he and his companion were killed by police as they tried to evade a checkpoint as part of the continuing "War on Drugs" campaign of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Sept. 6, 2016. More than 6,250 mostly poor drug suspects have been killed in Duterte's crackdown based on a government count since he expanded the campaign nationwide after becoming president in 2016. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

FILE - An alleged drug suspect lies on the ground beside a gun after he and his companion were killed by police as they allegedly tried to evade a checkpoint as part of the continuing "War on Drugs" campaign of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Quezon city, Philippines on Sept. 6, 2016. More than 6,250 mostly poor drug suspects have been killed in Duterte's crackdown based on a government count since he expanded the campaign nationwide after becoming president in 2016. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Catholic priest Rev. Flaviano "Flavie" Villanueva touches his rubber bracelet with a sign "Stop the Killing" during an interview with the Associated Press in Manila, Philippines on June 27, 2022. Villanueva said the widespread killings during the anti-drug campaign have left many orphans, deprived families of breadwinners and sparked other complex problems that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was leaving behind. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

FILE - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte jokes to photographers as he holds an Israeli-made Galil rifle at Camp Crame in suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines on April 19, 2018. An International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, said on June 24, 2022 that he has sought authorization from the court to resume an investigation into drug killings as a possible crime against humanity, from Nov. 1, 2011 when Duterte was still a Davao mayor to March 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

FILE - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte stands in front of the presidential seal during a ceremony with the Armed Forces of the Philippines at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on July 18, 2017. An International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, said on June 24, 2022 that he has sought authorization from the court to resume an investigation into drug killings as a possible crime against humanity, from Nov. 1, 2011 when Duterte was still a Davao mayor to March 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

FILE - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte checks the scope of a Chinese-made CS/LR4A sniper rifle during the presentation of thousands of rifles and ammunition by China to the Philippines at Clark Airbase in northern Philippines on June 28, 2017. An International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, said on June 24, 2022 that he has sought authorization from the court to resume an investigation into drug killings as a possible crime against humanity, from Nov. 1, 2011 when Duterte was still a Davao mayor to March 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

A drug suspect, who uses the alias Lazarus for security, shows a scar from a gunshot wound during an interview with the Associated Press at an undisclosed location on the outskirts of Manila, Philippines on June 27, 2022. Lazarus, who was gunned down and left for dead by police officers but surprisingly survived the violence in a dark Metro-Manila alley in 2016, said he still fears for his life but would be willing to testify in the ICC to get justice and possible state reparation. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A drug suspect, who uses the alias Lazarus for security, shows a scar from a gunshot wound close to his heart during an interview with the Associated Press at an undisclosed location on the outskirts of Manila, Philippines on June 27, 2022. Lazarus, who was gunned down and left for dead by police officers but surprisingly survived the violence in a dark Metro-Manila alley in 2016, said he still fears for his life but would be willing to testify in the ICC to get justice and possible state reparation. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A tear falls on the cheek of Emily Soriano as she recounts how her 15-year-old son was gunned down with four friends and two other residents while partying in a Philippine slum six years ago during an interview with the Associated Press at their home in Manila, Philippines on June 23, 2022. With Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte set to step down on June 30, 2022 at the end of his turbulent six-year term, Soriano and other relatives, who say their loved ones were victims of extrajudicial killings under Duterte's campaign, are turning to the International Criminal Court after failing for years to attain justice at home. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Emily Soriano holds a picture of her 15-year-old son as she recounts how he was gunned down with four friends and two other residents while partying in a Philippine slum six years ago during an interview with the Associated Press at their home in Manila, Philippines on June 23, 2022. With Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte set to step down on June 30, 2022 at the end of his turbulent six-year term, Soriano and other relatives, who say their loved ones were victims of extrajudicial killings under Duterte's campaign, are turning to the International Criminal Court after failing for years to attain justice at home. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Drug killings leave agony, savage facet to Duterte’s legacy