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DFA chief Locsin orders exclusion of convicted Filipino drug dealers in Middle East from prisoner exchanges

(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has ordered Philippine ambassadors to exclude convicted Filipino drug dealers in the Middle East from prisoner exchanges. The DFA chief said in a Tweet that he would instead “let the law abroad destroy” them. “I smell a local connection to the drug trade. Sorry, no mercy,” he said. He said  “unlike in Indonesia, these dealers were not fooled.” Senate President Tito Sotto agreed in a retweet […]