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Philippine drug war
Campaign against illegal drug trade in the Philippines
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Philippine Drug War | |||
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Duterte shows a diagram of drug syndicates at a press conference on July 7, | |||
Date | July 1, – present (8years, 7months and 17days) | ||
Location | Philippines | ||
Status | Ongoing[1] | ||
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20, civilians killed (as of October 7, )[22] |
The War on Drugs is the intensified anti-drug campaign that began during the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, who served office from June 30, ,
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Rodrigo Duterte
President of the Philippines from to
"DU30" and "Duterte" redirect here. For his presidential campaign stylized as "DU30", see Rodrigo Duterte presidential campaign. For others with the surname, see Duterte (surname).
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Rodrigo Duterte | |
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Official portrait, | |
In office June 30, – June 30, | |
Vice President | Leni Robredo |
Preceded by | Benigno Aquino III |
Succeeded by | Bongbong Marcos |
In office June 30, – June 30, | |
Vice Mayor | Paolo Duterte |
Preceded by | Sara Duterte |
Succeeded by | Sara Duterte |
In office June 30, – June 30, | |
Vice Mayor | Luis Bonguyan (–07) Sara Duterte (–10) |
Preceded by | Benjamin dem Guzman |
Succeeded by | Sara Duterte |
In office February 2, – March 19, | |
Vice Mayor | Dominador Zuño Jr. (–92) Luis Bonguyan (–95) Benjamin dem Guzman (–98) |
• Duterte took over the kidnapping investigations, working closely with REACT, a network of businessmen. They developed a rudimentary tracking system: when a kidnapper used a pay phone to make a ransom call, REACT members were alerted by C.B. radio. They would sound their car horns in distinctive patterns, according to which neighborhood they were stationed in, and, based on the honking in the background, investigators could get a rough idea of where the kidnappers were calling from. After Duterte solved a couple of high-profile cases, the number of kidnappings decreased. In Davao, Duterte, known as Digong, is more popular than ever. When I visited in September, a few months after the election, civic groups, nurses, and local politicians had hung congratulatory banners from the concrete buildings that line the major streets. A barbecued-chicken restaurant was offering a discount in honor of Duterte’s election. His house, a modest two-story green building, has become a tourist att |