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00:00The two former members of the Davao Death Squad are the possible witnesses against former President Rodrigo Duterte in the International Criminal Court.
00:09This is the first news of Mack O'Neill.
00:14The former President Rodrigo Duterte's role as the founder and leader of the Davao Death Squad or DDS was mentioned in the warrant of arrest issued by the International Criminal Court.
00:24This is the group in Davao that kills criminals in the area and has long been accused by Duterte.
00:29It's time for the accusations against Duterte to go to trial.
00:32The two former members of the Davao Death Squad are the possible witnesses against him.
00:38They are Edgar Matubato and former Davao police officer Arturo Lascañas.
00:43Edgar Matubato is a self-confessed hitman.
00:45He was sentenced in the Senate hearing in 2016.
00:48He was killed from 1998 to 2013.
00:52Our job, ma'am, is to kill criminals such as drug abusers, rapists, snitches.
01:01That's what we kill every day.
01:05He was one of the first members of the Lambada Boys,
01:08formerly called the Davao Death Squad, led by former President Rodrigo Duterte when he was the mayor of Davao.
01:15Many admitted that Matubato was killed by Duterte's orders.
01:19Jun Pala, a radio broadcaster, was one of them.
01:22Why?
01:23Because he was broadcasted on the radio every day, ma'am, every day.
01:31I was part of the operation, but I didn't make it.
01:35How was Jun Pala killed?
01:37He was ambushed, ma'am.
01:39Where was he ambushed?
01:40He was ambushed at his house.
01:42At his house?
01:43Matubato also mentioned that he was one of the kidnappers who were caught in Sarangani and were eaten alive.
01:49I don't know his name, ma'am.
01:51We just brought him and then we killed him.
01:56But the killing was not done with weapons.
02:00We ate him alive.
02:04Where?
02:05In Kapatagan, ma'am.
02:08Arturo Lascañas, former police of Davao, is the team leader of the Davao Death Squad.
02:13Because of fear, Lascañas first denied Matubato's testimony in 2016.
02:18But in 2017, he appealed to confirm the killing of DDS by Duterte's orders.
02:25His first mission was to kill the drug lord in Davao, Allan Cancio.
02:31That's how the Davao Death Squad started.
02:34Because we left a note,
02:37which is called Pamarisan,
02:40and it says Davao Death Squad.
02:46That's how it started.
02:47Lascañas said that they were given up to P100,000 reward for each person they killed.
02:53For all the murders we did in Davao City,
02:58whether they were living or dead,
03:01we were paid by Mayor Rudy Duterte.
03:09Usually P20,000.
03:11Sometimes P50,000.
03:13And depending on the status of the target, sometimes P100,000.
03:18Matubato also denied the killing of the broadcaster, June Pala,
03:22where she was accused of a huge bribe from Duterte.
03:26Mayor Rudy told me P1,000,000.
03:29He said P1,000,000.
03:31I accepted it and said,
03:33Thank you, sir.
03:34And then I left.
03:35Duterte used to say that Matubato was lying,
03:39that he didn't know him personally.
03:41He called Lascañas a story maker,
03:44and that he was crazy.
03:46But when he faced the Senate hearing a year ago,
03:49the former president admitted something.
03:51I can make a confession now, if you want.
03:56Mr. Chair?
03:57It really happened.
04:01I have a death squad.
04:06Death squad.
04:08Seven, but not the police.
04:12They are also the gangsters.
04:16Mr. Chair?
04:17I ordered one gangster,
04:19kill him, because if you don't kill him, I will kill you now.
04:23According to the New York Times in 2017,
04:26Lascañas is now in the custody of the ICC,
04:28or International Criminal Court.
04:30Lascañas submitted the affidavit.
04:33The ICC accepted it,
04:35and Lascañas was given a limited immunity deal.
04:38This means that he will not use the evidence to correct him.
04:42Matubato was written by the New York Times
04:45that a foreign country in January 2025
04:48used another name to help a private organization.
04:51According to Atty. Cristina Conti,
04:54Matubato is now in the custody of the ICC Victims and Witnesses,
04:58the ICC unit that provides protection to the witnesses.
05:02Matubato and Lascañas' testimony
05:05regarding Duterte's involvement in the Davao Death Squad will be important.
05:09Only those who are inside the organization
05:12can say what the Davao Death Squad really looks like.
05:16Both Matubato and Lascañas,
05:19are considered insider witnesses.
05:22This is the first news.
05:24Macky Pulido for GMA Integrated News.