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., This news data comes from:http://vxei-eopr-rcfl-nans.gyglfs.com
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.
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.
Drug war whistleblower Royina Garma returns to PH after US detention
- Thai opposition's kingmaking summit fails to back new PM
- Search for survivors after Afghan earthquake kills 800
- Artikulo Onse' group calls for independent panel to probe flood control corruption
- Read to reduce sentence, Uzbekistan tells prisoners
- Prime minister of Yemen's Houthi-run government killed in Israeli strike
- Dizon asks DOJ to issue immigration lookout bulletin to 26 DPWH officials and contractors
- Diokno urges Philippines to rejoin ICC to counter China's aggression
- Pagasa: Trough of LPA, 'habagat' will bring rain, thunderstorms across PH
- ‘Lannie’ to bring rain over NLuzon, southwest monsoon to affect Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Mimaropa —Pagasa
- Thailand ruling party moves to dissolve parliament
