‘Duterte drew up death lists, boasted about murders’n this screengrab yesterday, International Criminal Court trial lawyer Edward Jeremy cites to the ICC the killing of 17-year-old Kian delos Santos in a drug war operation in 2017. ‘This brutal murder led to a massive public outcry across the Philippines,’ he told the courtMANILA, Philippines — Former president Rodrigo Duterte personally drew up “death lists” and boasted about murders committed during his “war on drugs,” an International Criminal Court (ICI) prosecutor said yesterday. On day two of the hearing on confirmation of charges against Duterte, ICC prosecutor Edward Jeremy laid out searing testimony, including allegations that children had their heads wrapped in packing tape and were strangled to death. “As president, Duterte publicly named persons he alleged were involved in drugs, and many of those would end up as victims in his so-called war on drugs,” Jeremy said. “During his campaign to be president, Mr. Duterte expressly promised many times that he would kill criminals if elected… The murders skyrocketed in the months immediately after Mr. Duterte became president in June 2016.

Source: Philippine Star February 25, 2026 01:02 UTC