Duterte

How the High-Stakes Arrest of Rodrigo Duterte Unfolded

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How the High-Stakes Arrest of Rodrigo Duterte Unfolded

The visit had been advertised for weeks. Former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines was going to a rally in Hong Kong during the second weekend in March. But as soon as it began, the trip took on a tantalizing element of intrigue: Was he ever coming back? To many …

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On the Run, a Hit Man Gives One Last Confession

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On the Run, a Hit Man Gives One Last Confession

There are, the hit man said, many ways to kill. A string tied between two sticks strangles with a tug of the wrists. A butcher’s blade, long and thin, slices into the heart. Edgar Matobato said he fed a man to a crocodile, but only once. Mostly, he said, he …

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