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Espinosa needs to be moved to more secure jail: DOJ chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 06:11 PM

Guevarra said that Espinosa's possible transfer still needs commitment orders from the courts where the inmate's cases are being tried. Read more »

DOJ panel indicts Kerwin Espinosa, 10 others of drugs charge

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 07:45 PM

A DOJ panel of prosecutors has indicted alleged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa of conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading over his alleged illegal drug activities. Read more »

DOJ confirms death of convicted drug lord Vicente Sy

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 30 09:01 PM

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday confirmed the death of convicted drug syndicate Vicente Sy, who suffered from "various illnesses" during his time in prison.  Read more »

Police units ordered to hunt down alleged drug lord Peter Lim

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 30 09:16 AM

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año earlier said the fugitive indicted on drug charges may have already left the country.  Read more »

Gov’t prosecutors ask court to cite De Lima, lawyer in contempt over statements on drug cases

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 06:39 PM

Government prosecutors have asked a Muntinlupa court to cite in contempt detained Sen. Leila de Lima and her lawyer, Boni Tacardon, over statements the lawyer made to the media on the lawmaker's drug cases. Read more »

‘Ridiculous’: De Lima appeals Ombudsman's junking of her raps vs Guevarra

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 05:28 PM

Detained Sen. Leila De Lima on Saturday appealed the Office of the Ombudsman’s decision which dismissed her complaint against Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra for allegedly violating the law on using criminal convicts as state witnesses.    Read more »

De Lima says COVID-19 death of 'star witness' Sebastian does little to help her case

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 06:41 PM

Detained Sen. Leila de Lima on Monday said the death of convicted drug lord Jaybee Sebastian, who accused her of masterminding the drug trade inside the national penitentiary, does little to help her case. Read more »

‘Popeye,’ one-time assassin for Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, dies

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 07 12:16 AM

Jhon Jairo Velasquez died of stomach cancer in the early hours of Thursday morning, Colombia's prison institute said in a statement. Read more »

Chinese 'drug lord' naharang sa NAIA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 02:39 PM

Inaresto ng mga awtoridad ang isang hinihinalang Chinese drug lord sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport ngayong Martes.  Read more »

Alleged drug lord's brother killed in Cebu City arson

Joworski Alipon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 02:25 PM

CEBU CITY - The brother of an alleged drug lord was killed when some 30 armed men torched his house at a mountain village here before dawn on Wednesday.    Read more »

Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' says confinement is 'mental torture'

Brendan Pierson and Jonathan Stempel, Reuters
Posted at Jul 17 10:11 PM

NEW YORK - Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the Mexican drug lord found guilty of running a murderous criminal enterprise that smuggled tons of drugs into the United States, on Wednesday said his confinement amounted to "mental torture" before a US judge sentenced him. Read more »

Kidnapping of Tsinoys gone, but community remains vigilant

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 06 04:22 PM

MANILA — Decades ago, abductions of Chinese-Filipinos by kidnap syndicates were commonplace in the Philippines.    Read more »

Live-in partner ng drug lord, nakunan ng mga baril at granada

Leleth Ann Rumaguera, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 04:25 PM

MINGLANILLA, Cebu – Nasamsam sa loob ng bahay ng live-in partner ng self-confessed drug lord na si Franz Sabalones ang mga baril at granada nang maghain ang awtoridad ng search warrant, Biyernes ng umaga. Read more »