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ICC issues arrest warrant for ally of Philippine ex-President Duterte over drug war

 Published: 12:08, 9 November 2025

ICC issues arrest warrant for ally of Philippine ex-President Duterte over drug war

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Philippine Senator Ronald Dela Rosa, who oversaw then-President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, the nation's ombudsman said on Saturday, although the ICC denied the assertion.

Duterte, in office from 2016 to 2022, was arrested and taken to The Hague in March on a warrant linking him to murders committed during his war on drugs, in which thousands of alleged narcotics peddlers and users were killed.

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