MANILA, Philippines — Drug war whistleblower and former police officer Royina Garma returned to the Philippines on Saturday after nearly 10 months in the United States, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) confirmed.
Immigration spokesman Dana Sandoval said Garma arrived at about 7 p.m. and underwent standard arrival procedures just like any other Filipino returning from abroad.
Drug war whistleblower Royina Garma returns to PH after US detention
Garma left the country in November 2024, days after publicly confirming the existence of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called Davao Death Squad and the reward system tied to his bloody drug war., This news data comes from:http://www.yamato-syokunin.com
She was apprehended upon arrival in San Francisco and detained at the South Louisiana Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Center while seeking political asylum.
Her asylum bid was denied, and she was placed under US custody for eight months before her return.
- Earthquake in eastern Afghanistan kills at least 610 people and injures 1,300
- Govt monitoring Chinese ‘sleeper agents’ in PH
- Makati earns high rating in anti-trafficking and violence assessment
- COA probes Iqbal on spending of P1.7B in one day
- 9 dead in Ecuador after bus plunges into ravine
- Seoul says over 300 South Koreans held in US battery plant site raid
- Marcos names Dizon as DPWH secretary
- MMDA proposes rainwater facilities in Camp Aguinaldo to mitigate EDSA flooding
- Macron says 26 countries pledge troops as a reassurance force for Ukraine after war ends
- Open mic caught Xi, Putin discussing immortality
