PCIJ: The Making of Edgar Matobato

Picture: Edgar Matobato at the Dambana ng Paghilom, a memorial to extrajudicial killings at the La Loma Catholic Cemetery. Before he fled the Philippines, he met with families of EJK victims and promised to help give them closure. Photo by Vincent Go

In this article published by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, NYSEAN member Sheila S. Coronel discusses the experiences of Edgar Matobato, a confessed assassin of the Davao Death Squad and the first person to go public about the extrajudicial killings allegedly ordered by former President Rodrigo Duterte.

Sheila S. Coronel is the Toni Stabile Professor of Professional Practice in Investigative Journalism, Director of the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia Journalism School, and founder of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism.

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