Manila, Philippines – It has been about eight years since one morning disappeared in the Quizan City scattered in the Northern district of Brothers Criston and Juan Carlos Metro Manila.
Within a day, their inanimate bodies were found dead by bullets. But the pain of their brutal murder is hurting their mother, Crying PascoIn all these years.
On May 1 in the morning, the 34 -year -old father, Chrisanto, had left home early to work as a private security guard. After a while, a 31 -year -old Juan Carlos a part -time utility bill collector, his brother was out of his house.
They will never come back.
The next day after his disappearance, his mother told Al Jazir that she and other relatives were surprised by learning from a television story that her two children died. Pasco took the entire week to recover their body from the coffin and a heavy $ 1,500 fee.
Since Pasco lives without the hope of justice, his funerals were suffering for many years.
So listening to the news of the country’s arrest this week Former President Rodrigo Dutarte His brutal war against drugs was overcome with emotions.
Partial food seller and massage therapist Pasco said, “I was very worried and scared, but I was excited.”
“My eyes were full of tears. After all, after many years of waiting, this is happening. That’s it, “she told Al Jazzir.
The International Criminal Court (ICC), who issued a arrest warrant to Duttere, was the last hope of justice, Pasco said that Rise Up for Life and Rights, a leading member of the mothers and wives of those people. Killed in the country’s drug war.
Pasco said that she “has no hope for justice for the killing of their children in the Philippines.”
On Tuesday, the International Police Association (Interpol) worked on the ICC warrant against Dutrte at Manu Airport.
Later on the same day, the Philippines government allowed DuTart to send to the Hague-based International Court.
According to the police records, More than 7,000 people The Dutart was killed in official antigragian operations by Dutart from 2 2016 to 9.
Human rights groups say that the actual murder could be around 30,000, some of which were killed by gunmen, later appeared to be a secret police officer.
Dutterte entered the Netherlands on Wednesday afternoon, where he was officially Given the ICC’s workplace??
At the time of the criticism and protest of Dutterte’s supporters, the Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Junior said that the surprise arrest is following the “International’s Commitment of Interpol”.
When he heard the news about DuTart’s arrest, Christine was at work at the Hair Salon.
“My client was asking me why I was crying while I was her hair,” Paskuel told Al Jazir that the memories of her late son, 17 -year -old Joshua Pasukal Lakshmana, came back at that moment.
She said, “From the time I started to demand justice for his death, I was taking a lot of pain and pain.”
Laxmana was a professional online gamer from a tournament in North Philippines, when he was shot dead by police.
The record showed that the officers were fired at the officers and tried to escape on a motorcycle. But Lakshmana did not know how to drive a motorcycle, and his family has always kept that he has never dealt with drugs or weapons as police claimed.
Paskual said, “For many years we have been very disappointed that nothing happens about my son’s case and other cases of court murder,” Paskull said.
“So we were surprised to hear the news about Dutte’s arrest. We are very happy that we have to face us in court now, “she said that the two police officers involved in the death of her son will never be prosecuted.
She said, “My family will never be the same because Joshua has gone now,” she added.
‘Unbearable pain’
Luzhiminda Siapo, the mother of the second victim of the war against the drug, said that she was relieved after learning that Dutarte was taken to Heg.
“When Duterte was arrested and taken to Hague to jail, I think that I have already got a little justice,” Siapo told Al Jazira.
“For all the things he did and for all the deaths he did, I wonder what will he take in return?”
DuTartte also thank him that he has only been arrested and he will be given proper processing in the ICC – she was rejected by her killed child, Siapo said.
Her son, Remart Siyapo, was only 3 wash, when he was abducted and gunmen with several masks were shot twice in his head. His body was released in a village near Manila Bay.
According to the news at that time, Remart had argued with a neighbor with a neighbor who had falsely accused the authorities who were involved in the sale of marijuana.
One day after the allegation of condemnation, the unknown suspects searched Remart, forced him on a motorcycle, and taken him to the neighboring neighborhood, where he was ordered to run down and escape for his life.
Born with distorted legs, the teenager did not come forward to kill him.
“I feel unbearable pain by losing a child by a drug war,” Siyapo told Al Jazi.
As the children ‘collateral loss’
The family members of others killed in a drug war on Wednesday at a press conference organized by the Rise Up Group and the National Union of People’s lawyers.
During the event, Emily Soriano, Angelito, Angelito said that when she welcomed Dutart’s arrest, others were prosecuted and imprisoned, which was directly ordered to take police action.
Soriano ejected Senate member Ronald Day Rosa, who once served as the chief police enforcement during the drug war of the Dutart.
Dela Rose has repeatedly defended the legitimacy of the war on drugs. Once the children who were killed in the crossfire during the police work was released once “Graduate Damage”Adding “sh ** happens.”
Soriano said that Deo Rosa and other other officers are guilty of Dutute.
“It is good for Dutart that he is being given the right process. He is still enjoying his bed, “she said during the tears.
“What was my son killed? The remnants of my son have now been in the cemetery for more than eight years. “”
Soriano insisted that her son was not the use of the drug, and the officer was in the house targeted by autorites, which led to his murder.
During that operation, six other teenagers and six others, including a pregnant woman, were killed.
“Losing a child without a really drug addict is a very painful experience. There are many people who jumped on the conclusion that they were addicted to drugs. But they do not know the truth, “said Soriano.
Dutrte’s antidote policy was also a war against the poor, she said.
In late Wednesday, ICC lawyer Karim Khan welcomed Dutte’s arrest at Hague and stated that “this is a lot to the victims” and proved that “the international law is not as weak”.
“When we come together to increase the partnership, the laws of the law can victory, warrants can be implemented,” Khan said.
Khan also said that his office has been searching for the situation in the Philippines for some years. He further said that the allegations against humanity against humanity were also included in the case before the Dutte’s president in 2016, and he was still the mayor of the southern city of Davo.
Khan also emphasized that even after the arrest, “Mr Dutrte is considered innocent”.
