Francisco Santiago Jr. was recently acquitted of illegal drug charges by the Manila Regional Trial Court. This may appear to be a small, inconsequential case , but for the fact that Santiago’s vindication may, in time, have a pivotal impact on the Duterte administration’s war on drugs.
In its decision, the court upheld the motorized pedicab driver’s version of the grisly events that transpired in the wee hours of the morning of Sept. 13, 2016. Malate police had initially reported that Santiago and a certain George Huggins were shot dead during a buy-bust operation.
But while crime laboratory operatives were marking the bloody scene for needed evidence, Santiago, who was lying face down inside the yellow police line, slowly stirred.
Francisco Santiago Jr. was recently acquitted of illegal drug charges by the Manila Regional Trial Court. This may appear to be a small, inconsequential case , but for the fact that Santiago’s vindication may, in time, have a pivotal impact on the Duterte administration’s war on drugs.
In its decision, the court upheld the motorized pedicab driver’s version of the grisly events that transpired in the wee hours of the morning of Sept. 13, 2016. Malate police had initially reported that Santiago and a certain George Huggins were shot dead during a buy-bust operation.
But while crime laboratory operatives were marking the bloody scene for needed evidence, Santiago, who was lying face down inside the yellow police line, slowly stirred.
Francisco Santiago Jr. was recently acquitted of illegal drug charges by the Manila Regional Trial Court. This may appear to be a small, inconsequential case , but for the fact that Santiago’s vindication may, in time, have a pivotal impact on the Duterte administration’s war on drugs.
In its decision, the court upheld the motorized pedicab driver’s version of the grisly events that transpired in the wee hours of the morning of Sept. 13, 2016. Malate police had initially reported that Santiago and a certain George Huggins were shot dead during a buy-bust operation.
But while crime laboratory operatives were marking the bloody scene for needed evidence, Santiago, who was lying face down inside the yellow police line, slowly stirred.
was recently acquitted of illegal drug charges by the Manila
Regional Trial Court. This may appear to be a small, inconsequential case , but for the fact that Santiago’s vindication may, in time, have a pivotal impact on the Duterte administration’s war on drugs. In its decision, the court upheld the motorized pedicab driver’s version of the grisly events that transpired in the wee hours of the morning of Sept. 13, 2016. Malate police had initially reported that Santiago and a certain George Huggins were shot dead during a buy-bust operation. But while crime laboratory operatives were marking the bloody scene for needed evidence, Santiago, who was lying face down inside the yellow police line, slowly stirred. He raised his arms and then pleaded to be allowed to surrender, surprising everyone, including the police and media called to cover what had the cops had said was a consummated drug deal and another case of suspects who fought back (“nanlaban”).