No Interpol red notice yet for Dela Rosa, Albayalde – Palace

Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa (L) and Gen. Oscar Albayalde | INQUIRER FILE PHOTOS

MANILA, Philippines — The Palace has not yet received official communication regarding any International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) red notice alert for former Philippine National Police chiefs Oscar Albayalde and now Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, who are co-accused alongside former President Rodrigo Duterte.

On the sidelines of a Palace briefing on Wednesday, Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary Claire Castro was asked whether red notice alerts had already been issued for Duterte’s co-accused in the case related to crimes against humanity during his bloody war on drugs.

“We haven’t received anything so far. We haven’t had any official communication yet,” she responded.

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Dela Rosa, one of Duterte’s most vocal supporters, remained unusually quiet following the latter’s arrest on Tuesday morning under a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court.

Duterte was apprehended at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport upon his arrival from Hong Kong.

He was then transferred to Villamor Air Base, where he stayed for several hours before being sent to The Hague, Netherlands.

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There, he will face charges of crimes against humanity before the ICC in relation to his bloody drug war.

The drug war claimed at least 6,000 lives, according to official government data.

However, human rights watchdogs estimated the death toll to be between 12,000 and 30,000 from 2016 to 2019, stating that several of these cases were extrajudicial killings.