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QUITO (AFP) – Gunmen killed at least five people and wounded eight Sunday in a home in the Ecuadoran city of Guayaquil, hard hit by violence linked to drug trafficking. One of the fatalities was a policeman shot in the head, said police colonel Fabary Montalvo. Witnesses said three men on a motorcycle arrived at a home in the impoverished Isla Trinitaria part of the city, went inside and started shooting, Montalvo said. Guayaquil, on […]
By Cecil MORELLA, Mikhail FLORES MANILA,Philippines (AFP) Jailed Philippine human rights campaigner Leila de Lima was acquitted Friday on one of two remaining drug trafficking charges filed against her under the Rodrigo Duterte administration, putting her a step closer to freedom. De Lima, a former senator and justice minister, has been detained since February 2017 on charges she and human rights groups say were fabricated as payback for going after Duterte and his war on […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines has sought clemency for a Filipino woman on death row in Indonesia, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s press secretary said Tuesday, in the latest high-level attempt to save the drug trafficker’s life. Mary Jane Veloso was arrested in Indonesia in 2010 carrying a suitcase lined with 2.6 kilograms (5.7 pounds) of heroin and was later sentenced to death. The mother of two was moments away from facing the firing […]
SINGAPORE (AFP) — A Singapore court on Wednesday dismissed a last-ditch appeal by a convicted Malaysian drug trafficker, clearing the way for him to be hanged within hours. Kalwant Singh, 32, is due to be put to death early Thursday, two months after the execution of a mentally disabled man in Singapore sparked international outrage. Kalwant, who was convicted in 2016 of trafficking heroin into the city-state, had lodged a last-gasp attempt with the […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima has expressed hope the prosecution of the alleged recruiters of Mary Jane Veloso in Nueva Ecija would pave the way for a review of her case in Indonesia. De Lima made the statement as she welcomed the Supreme Court ruling allowing Veloso, who is on death row due to illegal drug trafficking and is imprisoned in a Yogyakarta prison, to testify against Julius Lacanilao and Kristina Sergio via a deposition […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has allowed Mary Jane Veloso, who is imprisoned for drug trafficking in Indonesia, to testify against her alleged recruiters facing illegal recruitment cases in Nueva Ecija via deposition. In setting aside a December 2017 Court of Appeals ruling that gave due course to the petition for certiorari of alleged recruiters Maria Cristina Sergio and Julius Lacanilao, and in affirming with modification the August 16, 2016 resolution of Branch 88 of the […]
DALIAN, China (AFP) — A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian man to death on drug trafficking charges on Monday after his previous 15-year prison sentence was deemed too lenient, deepening a diplomatic rift as Canadian premier Justin Trudeau accused Beijing of “arbitrarily” using capital punishment. Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, 36, nodded as the judge in the northeast city of Dalian asked him whether he understood the verdict, following a day-long retrial in which he declared […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday, Aug. 15, said he wants drug smugglers to face the firing squad. Pacquiao made the comment after the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said shabu worth P6.8 million slipped through the country, hidden in lifters. The lifters were discovered in Cavite, but were empty. Customs Chief Isidro Lapena later said the lifters tested negative for shabu, prompting President Rodrigo Duterte to say the claim there was […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Five men were arrested in Vietnam for allegedly attempting to smuggle $2.5 million worth of heroin into China after police shot at their drug-packed vehicle as they tried to flee, local media reported Monday. The men were caught in northern Cao Bang province on the border with China with nearly 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of heroin from Laos in their truck, state-run Thanh Nien newspaper reported. Vietnam is a key trafficking […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Police have seized nearly 400 kilos of cocaine from the Russian embassy in Buenos Aires and arrested several members of a drug trafficking gang, Argentina’s security minister announced Thursday. Patricia Bullrich told a press conference that the drugs discovered in an annex of the embassy had a street value of around 50 million euros (about $62 million). “A gang of narco-criminals was trying to use the diplomatic courier service of […]
(Eagle News) — The prosecution has dropped former Bureau of Corrections officer in charge Rafael Ragos as a respondent in the drug trafficking complaint filed against him, Senator Leila de Lima and Ronnie Dayan. According to the prosecution, Ragos, who already testified against De Lima in a House inquiry in 2016, is, after all, set to turn state witness. In his testimony, Ragos said he went to the senator’s house in Paranaque in two separate […]
(Eagle News) — Matapos ang halos dalawang taon ng pagtatago, inaresto ng National Bureau of Investigation ang isang Australian national sa kasong illegal drug trafficking. Kinilala ng NBI ang suspek na wanted sa Australia bilang Markos Scott Turner. Kilala rin aniya siya sa pangalang Filip Novak. Ayon sa mga otoridad, nakalabas ng Australia ang suspek sakay ang kaniyang yate. Pero sa tulong ng makabagong teknolohiya ay natunton si Turner sa Samal Island sa Davao City. Bago […]
