It is a wonder Edgar Matobato is still alive. A confessed assassin for the Davao Death Squad, he was the first to go public ...

MANILA, Philippines — After a decade in hiding, self-confessed hitman and member of the infamous Davao Death Squad (DDS) Edgar Matobato was able to leave the Philippines using a fake identity ...

45-caliber Colt M1911 pistol. “For almost 24 years, I killed and disposed of many bodies,” Matobato said of his time with a death squad in Davao City, in the southern Philippines.

Duterte acknowledged without elaborating that he once maintained a death squad of seven “gangsters” to deal with criminals when he was the longtime Davao city mayor, before he became president.

Late president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III once saved the life of self-confessed hitman Edgar Matobato, former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV said on ...

MANILA, Philippines — Self-confessed Davao death squad (DDS) hitman Edgar Matobato is now under the protective custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC), former senator Leila de Lima ...

MANILA, Philippines — After a decade in hiding, self-confessed hitman and member of the infamous Davao Death Squad (DDS) Edgar Matobato was able to leave the Philippines using a fake identity and ...