00:00The United States cancels the visa of former Duterte drug war implementer Ruyina Garma.
00:06Garma says she was not able to board her connecting flight in Japan to the U.S. on August 28 because
00:11her visa, supposed to be valid until 2028, had been declared invalid and canceled.
00:17Self-confessed Davao death squad hitman Arturo Lascaña said in his affidavit with the International
00:21Criminal Court that Garma was among those who carried out the orders of then-Mayor Duterte.
00:26Is the visa cancellation related to the U.S. Magnitsky Act?
00:30The U.S. Magnitsky Act bans travel to the United States for individuals seen as serious
00:34human rights violators.
00:36The U.S. Embassy in Manila says it cannot comment on individual visa cases.
00:40Meantime, the House of Representatives' Quad Committee ordered the detention of Garma
00:44on Thursday, September 12 after she was cited in contempt.
00:48Lawmakers accused Garma of evading questions about her closeness to Duterte.
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