Christine Pascual’s phone started buzzing while she was at work in a hair salon with messages saying former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was about to be arrested. “I started crying ...

Ms. Evangelista is the author of “Some People Need Killing,” which documents the deadly drug war launched in the Philippines by former President Rodrigo Duterte. She wrote from Manila.

she said over the phone, through tears. But they were tears of joy, because Philippine authorities had arrested former President Rodrigo Duterte in Manila on March 11 and flown him to the ...