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Dawn comes for relatives of drug war victims
The Philippine Star
|March 12, 2025
For victims of Rodrigo Duterte's brutal crackdown on illegal drugs, his arrest yesterday was like the break of dawn.
"This is it!" Llore Pasco thought upon learning of Duterte's arrest based on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Pasco is one of the complainants in the case of crimes against humanity against Duterte.
Asked for comment, Pasco told The STAR in Filipino that she was feeling a mixture of emotions.
Pasco said in Filipino that "dawn has come, a glimmer of hope can be seen, that we victims will soon achieve the long-awaited justice."
"I hope the developments today will continue, until Duterte is imprisoned, and he and his accomplices are held accountable for their crimes," Pasco said.
Pasco is the mother of Crisanto and Juan Carlos Lozano, who were killed by police over an alleged holdup in Quezon City in May 2017.
This story is from the March 12, 2025 edition of The Philippine Star.
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