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.
Drug war whistleblower Royina Garma returns to PH after US detention, This news data comes from:http://www.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.
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
- China's Communist rulers push party role before World War II anniversary
- Batangas engineer suspended after alleged bribery attempt on congressman Leviste
- Aftershocks rumble quake-hit Afghanistan as death toll tops 1,400
- Marcos orders full budget review for DPWH amid ghost projects scandal
- PNP chief supports lowering age of discernment
- PH, Australia hold live fire drills during ALON 2025 in Nueva Ecija
- Marcos signs law giving 99-year land lease to foreign investors
- CFO moves office from QC to Pasay
- SKorea’s Lee in Tokyo to show friendship
- Hontiveros urges probe on Chinese faking Filipino identity
