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.
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., This news data comes from:http://052298.com
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.
Drug war whistleblower Royina Garma returns to PH after US detention
Her asylum bid was denied, and she was placed under US custody for eight months before her return.
- Supreme Court urged to act on fake complaints
- Earthquake kills 250, injures 500 in Afghanistan
- Lacson warns lawmakers may be complicit in ghost flood control projects
- Lacson clears air over conflict with Marcoleta on flood control probe
- PNP chief supports lowering age of discernment
- 15 companies vie for 'Sustainability Champions' award
- Lacson: Torre 'acted beyond his authority'
- Vatican puts Pope Francis' ecological preaching into practice with vocational farm center
- Malabon averts crisis with garbage deal
- LPA has big chance of intensifying into tropical cyclone to be named ‘Kiko’
