00:00 But on December 13, 2013, a bloody crime was committed,
00:07 which was called "Friday the 13th Massacre."
00:11 The victim, a pregnant woman, her parents, and her baby were all in her arms.
00:21 The suspect? The victim's lover.
00:26 We were in the room. I was still in my bed.
00:30 We heard gunshots.
00:33 And then?
00:34 We had two guns.
00:36 The first one had a silencer.
00:39 Then we ran out of bullets.
00:42 I went back home to get another gun.
00:45 Then the gunshots continued.
00:51 On December 13, 2013, a bloody crime was committed right here in Calle Empierno.
00:57 According to the police report, around 7.30 in the morning,
01:01 a man shot his pregnant wife, or the pregnant woman he was with,
01:07 right here inside their home.
01:09 When he came out, he saw his wife's mother.
01:14 He also shot that woman.
01:17 Then the suspect walked towards the back of the house.
01:22 This was the end of Calle Empierno.
01:25 It was already a beach here,
01:27 and the suspect knew that his lover was just coming from the beach.
01:33 He walked towards this place.
01:36 At that time, the man's eyes were already dark.
01:42 He didn't know what he was doing.
01:47 He reached his pregnant wife's husband,
01:50 and right here in this corner,
01:53 he shot that man.
01:56 What happened was that even the people here were shocked.
02:06 Yes, they were shocked.
02:08 Because we already knew the man.
02:11 He was also from this area.
02:14 He was also a believer.
02:17 He was just a believer.
02:20 No matter how violent the Friday the 13th massacre was,
02:25 the suspect was not jailed for the crime.
02:28 According to the police,
02:31 the family of the victim did not continue the investigation.
02:40 Like other poor communities in the Malabon and Navotas area,
02:45 one of the targets of Operation Tukhang
02:48 under the Duterte administration was Calle Empierno.
02:53 In 2019, a pregnant woman was shot inside her house
03:01 during the drug war.
03:04 She was not shot,
03:07 but she was shot by a gun.
03:10 She was shot.
03:12 We were shocked.
03:13 They said she was already dead.
03:15 But she was also on drugs.
03:16 She was on drugs.
03:17 She was a drug addict.
03:19 I was also addicted.
03:20 We were also addicted.
03:21 If before, crime and violence were the problems in their area,
03:30 drugs became their new enemy.
03:34 In the beginning, you were just a consumer.
03:37 You had no children.
03:39 Of course, you were also addicted.
03:41 You had no children.
03:42 Now, you're trying to sell drugs.
03:45 You're getting more and more.
03:47 You're getting more and more.
03:48 You're getting more and more until you're selling out.
03:52 According to Luz and Edmond,
03:56 drugs became a problem in their area
03:59 even before Tukhang became a trend.
04:02 In the 90s,
04:04 young people and people without jobs in their area were addicted to drugs.
04:09 They also admitted that they were also addicted.
04:14 We were slaves.
04:17 We were slaves of the Dish.
04:18 Our daughter was addicted to that.
04:21 To that kind of life.
04:23 She saw that we were using people.
04:26 We were using people.
04:28 Katrina was addicted to that.
04:31 Luz and Edmond added that
04:33 selling drugs and possession became their home in Calle Infierno.
04:39 So, when you were doing drugs, were you here?
04:42 We were all here.
04:44 We'd wake up in the morning.
04:46 We didn't have anything to do.
04:48 If someone would come to pick us up,
04:51 we'd be left behind.
04:52 And the child was just there?
04:55 She was just upstairs.
04:56 She could see.
04:57 She could see.
04:59 We were here.
05:00 We were the ones who were allowed to be here.
05:02 Katrina was the only child of Luz and Edmond.
05:08 Whenever there was a possession in their home,
05:13 the young Katrina was ordered to be a lookout.
05:19 I went through a lot of trauma
05:22 because of their behavior.
05:24 As a child, you shouldn't experience that.
05:27 What kind of trauma?
05:29 Instead of playing outside,
05:32 I was at home watching
05:34 because we might be attacked by the police.
05:37 The police might come.
05:39 Those are the tantrums that you think of as a child.
05:44 Children should enjoy playing outside.
05:47 But I was outside.
05:48 I could see what they were doing.
05:52 On the second floor of their home,
05:55 a picture was shown.
05:57 This is where Katrina became a witness
06:01 to the hellish end of drugs.
06:04 I always tell her,
06:06 "Lord, please gather the hearts and minds of my parents
06:10 so that they can change for our future."
06:14 I saved a lot of lives.
06:24 A lot of lives.
06:25 You're one of them.
06:28 You can say that there's a God.
06:31 If there's a lot of people,
06:34 I've already saved all the children.
06:38 All of them are in our arms.
06:40 I've saved the other children.
06:43 They might die.
06:45 But all of them died.
06:47 You're the only one who survived.
06:49 Thank you, Lord.
06:50 What do you say to God?
06:52 Thank you, Lord.
06:53 You're a living God.
06:54 I promise you, I will change your life.
06:57 Despite the dark experiences of her parents,
07:02 Katrina worked hard in her studies.
07:06 I used that to be strong
07:11 and to fix my life.
07:13 I studied well and I finished my studies.
07:17 I've been through a lot of hardships
07:19 that I don't want to go back to.
07:21 So I decided that I should break the cycle of poverty.
07:25 I should fix my life.
07:27 I knew that it would start when I finished my studies.
07:31 Edmond and Luz have been serving for 20 years
07:45 in the administration of illegal drugs.
07:49 Like other families, they were addicted to drugs.
07:53 When I use drugs, I just cry.
07:57 Why?
07:58 I pray that it will be like cancer.
08:01 I ask God to help me.
08:04 I can't live without drugs.
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