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.
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., This news data comes from:http://jkatars.redcanaco.com
Drug war whistleblower Royina Garma returns to PH after US detention
- Marcos urged to raise WPS resolution at UN
- LPA has big chance of intensifying into tropical cyclone to be named ‘Kiko’
- Senate subpoenas 8 DPWH officials, contractors in flood control probe
- Indonesian finance minister's home looted as protest anger grows
- ‘Gomez ignorant of how media works’
- UN food agency chief says women and children are starving in Gaza and pressed Netanyahu on aid
- International media protest over journalist deaths in Gaza
- New DPWH chief Dizon: "A department can't investigate itself"
- Pump prices go up
- President asks governor to expose irregularities in govt projects
