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On the Run, a Hit Man Gives One Last Confession

✇NYT | Top Stories
Hannah Beech and Jes Aznar
Edgar Matobato says he killed again and again for former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines. Now he’s trying to stay alive to testify.

© Jes Aznar for The New York Times

Edgar Matobato, a member of a death squad linked to former President Rodrigo Duterte, inside a church compound at an undisclosed location in the Philippines in June.

On the Run, a Hit Man Gives One Last Confession

✇NYT | Top Stories
Hannah Beech and Jes Aznar
Edgar Matobato says he killed again and again for former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines. Now he’s trying to stay alive to testify.

© Jes Aznar for The New York Times

Edgar Matobato, a member of a death squad linked to former President Rodrigo Duterte, inside a church compound at an undisclosed location in the Philippines in June.
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