“I feel so happy because this proves that my son was innocent and was never involved in drugs,” Delos Santos’ mother, Lorenza, told reporters after the promulgation of the decision. Police claimed Delos Santos was a drug courier who shot it out with officers during a nighttime raid in Libis Baesa. ConspiracyAlthough it was clear that Oares was the one who shot Delos Santos, the three officers conspired to kill the boy, he said. Senate President Vicente Sotto III said the three convicted policemen represented only a “small number” of state agents involved in extrajudicial killings. The PNP has insisted that the murder of Delos Santos was not an extrajudicial killing.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 29, 2018 21:30 UTC