Ex-Philippine leader Duterte's drug war enforcer escapes ICC arrest
Corroborated by 4 sources from 4 publishers
TL;DR
A Filipino senator who oversaw former president Rodrigo Duterte's deadly war on drugs has taken refuge inside the country's Senate, hours before the International Criminal Court unsealed a warrant for his arrest. Ronald Dela Rosa was pictured fleeing into the Senate on Monday as officers chased after him. He narrowly escaped and was placed under protective custody.
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