EDGAR MATOBATO FACING FRUSTATED MURDER CASE

Edgar Matobato

Atty. Salcedo confirmed that he already filed a case against Edgar Matobato. Matobato by the way is the prime witness against the case of the controversial “ extra judicial killings” in the Philippines under Duterte Administration. Matobato  even said that he was one of the DDS (Davao Death Squad) who executed many drug addicts in Davao City in 2009.

Atty. Salcedo points Matobato as the trigger man who ambushed him by the time he was serving the Regional Adjudicator of the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board Region XII. In 2014, Salcedo stated that Matobato is the killer he has been searching for and it has been 2 years to his big surprise when he saw Matobato on national television witnessing the case against the killings in the Philippines. Salcedo was shot thrice in his stomach and in his left shoulder which he said was done by Edgar Matobato. He even remembered that the statements made by Matobato from his testimony matched his statements from the senate inquiry that he was asked to kill him for 400,000 pesos in return.

“Tinuod nga nakafile na kami bago lang nahuman didto sa Digos City sa kaso nga frustated murder kay wala man ko mamatay. Ang akong gisumbong si Edgar Matobato,”  [It’s true we already filed a case against Edgar Matobato. Frustated murder for I was not killed.] Atty. Salcedo confirming the filed case.

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Viral Now: Davao Death Squad Investigation

Senator Leila de Lima

D-D-S. This three-letter word has been viral due to the hearing done yesterday inline with the so-called "extra judicial killings" in the Philippines. Senator Leila de Lima has been investigating this since she was CHR, then when she was DOJ Secretary, and now being a senator. The goal of de Lima is to prove that the current Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, is in connection with the DDS which they called to be the "DAVAO DEATH SQUAD". 

First of all, where did this label (DDS) came from? From the time that President Duterte was still Mayor of Davao City, his campaign against illegal drugs and drug lords was a kick of true movement. If you're in Davao, and you're a drug addict, you're dead but that doesn't mean that all orders came from the Mayor himself as said by the Davao Police. Yesterday, during the hearing, PNP Chief Bato dela Rosa stated that Davao Death Squad does not exist. He doesn't even know where that came from.

PNP Chief Director General Ronaldo "Bato" dela Rose

He admitted that ..."yes, there killings in Davao but those were done by the vigilantes out there, marami mga vigilante sa Davao..."

Davao Death Squad has been viral since yesterday's hearing and has been on trends for 18 hours now. Let's take a look at how netizens reacted:

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