The recantation of 4 maleta boys echo a Duterte-era style of using unreliable witnesses and manufactured evidence to target political figures.

Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary and Malacañang Press Officer Claire Castro —Inquirer photo/Niño Jesus Orbeta MANILA, Philippines — Palace press officer…

George Villanon Jr., one of the “maleta boys.” (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO) MANILA, Philippines — One of the 18 “maleta boys” who claimed to be former bodyguards of ex-Ako Bicol Rep.…