A confessed assassin for the Davao Death Squad, he was the first to go public about the killings allegedly ordered by former President Rodrigo Duterte. Since 2014, when he was detained and brutally tortured by his former comrades, Matobato has been on the run.
Rodrigo Duterte’s six years in power were characterized by fear of a secret and parallel organization that emerged within the national police to carry out the genocidal war on drugs.
It was only when former president Benigno Aquino revived a 15-year military modernization program that the military leadership began to focus on external defense capabilities.
At least four police officers assigned to a quarantine checkpoint were hurt in an attack by suspected armed communist rebels in Concepcion town in Misamis Occidental, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said.