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Dahas monitors reported drug-related killings in the Philippines. Sandatahang Dahas tracks state-related violence in the Philippines. Both are projects of the UP Third World Studies Center.
269 died in the Philippine drug war last year. The Marcos administration continues to assert that their anti-drug campaign is bloodless. Read more in this report written by TWSC researchers Arrianne Louisse Fajardo and Joel Ariate Jr. in Vera Files.
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On 8-15 Feb 2026, 3 died in Marcos’s drug war. Pushers (2) were killed in drug deals gone wrong in Tondo, Manila, and Cotabato. In Laguna, a police informant with no known drug ties was shot by the son of the drug personality he snitched on.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/2026-sources/
In the first month of 2026, 37 were killed and 24 injured in reported incidents of state-related violence. Two bodies dumped in Bulacan were found to be police officers. In Region IX, two women were reportedly beaten by their state agent husbands.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sandatahang-...
On 1-7 Feb 2026, 6 died in Marcos’s drug war. Police pursued killers of one victim; a student w/ no known drug ties was caught in the crossfire. In Negros Occidental, a pusher killed by a non-state agent was a minor.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/2026-sources/
In Jan 2026, 24 were killed in Marcos’s drug war: 12 pushers, 6 w/ drug records, 3 w/ no drug ties (a police asset, a brgy official, & a police) & 3 users. Unknown assailant killed 1, non-state agents 9, unidentified killers 8, & state agents 6.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/2026-sources/
On 24-31 Jan 2026, 5 died in Marcos’s drug war. Unidentified assailants targeted 4 of 5. Among them is a pusher killed in a botched transaction in Albay. In Cavite, state agents chased and killed a victim who resisted arrest during a police op.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/2026-sources/
On 16-23 Jan 2026, 6 died in Marcos’s drug war. Half of the cases were victims w/prev drug record. 2 were targeted after their release from jail. Meanwhile, state agents killed 2 in separate entrapment ops in Cotabato and Maguindanao del Norte.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/2026-sources/
On 8-15 Jan 2026, 5 died in Marcos’s drug war. A police asset in a drug case was killed by the sons of the one he informed on. State agents killed 2, including a pusher in Apayao–the most recent case there since the last one in Dec 2016.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/2026-sources/
In the last month of 2025, 37 were killed and 26 were injured in incidents of state-related violence. More than half died during anti-insurgency operations (13 alleged insurgents and 6 state agents).
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sandatahang-...
In Dec 2025, 18 were killed in Marcos’s drug war: 9 pushers, 4 w/ drug records, 3 users, 2 HVIs. Of these killings, 7 occurred in Cotabato. Unidentified assailants (6) and state agents (6) killed the most.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
On 16-23 Dec 2025, 5 died in Marcos’s drug war. State agents killed all victims in a Cotabato op. They were drug peddlers from a drug syndicate. Among them was an HVI and the suspected killer of a victim (w/no known drug ties) killed in November.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
In its penultimate month of monitoring for 2025, Sandatahang Dahas recorded an alarming increase of state agents exercising their means for brutality beyond what can be considered justifiable scenarios.
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On 8-15 Dec 2025, 8 died in Marcos’s drug war. Killings w/unknown assailants (5) predominate. Among them were victims from Cebu & Sultan Kudarat found with shabu and marijuana. Another case was recorded in Ilocos Sur for its 3rd consecutive week.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
On 1-7 Dec 2025, 4 died in Marcos’s drug war. Rizal claimed the 20th female victim this yr–a drug peddler killed by a suspect who refused to buy drugs. Meanwhile, state agents killed an HVI who resisted arrest during a buy-bust op in Cavite.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
In November 2025, 34 were killed and 29 injured in incidents of state-related violence. This month saw an increase on police-vs-police incidents, as well as a spike in deaths from anti-insurgency operations.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sandatahang-...
In Nov 2025, 20 were killed in Marcos’s drug war: 7 users, 5 pushers, 4 HVIs & 4 w/no drug ties (2 police assets & 2 police officers of PDEU). Vigilante killings by unidentified assailants predominate (8). State agents follow with 7 of 20 killed.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
On 24-30 Nov 2025, 3 died in Marcos’s drug war. 2 in a buy-bust op in Basilan, including a PDEU police officer with no known drug ties. Ilocos Sur recorded its 1st drug-related killing this year when a pusher was killed in a deal gone wrong.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
On 16-23 Nov 2025, 7 died in Marcos’s drug war. After a 2-month lull, 4 were killed in NCR. This includes 3 HVIs who tried to double-cross the police in a buy-bust op and an informant w/ no known drug ties. Another informant was killed in Rizal.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
On 8-15 Nov 2025, 1 died in Marcos’s drug war–the 1st in Davao City for 2025. The last reported drug-related killing in Davao City was in Sep 2024. Davao City was the top hotspot of drug-related killings from Jul 2022 to Mar 2024. Now, it's Cebu.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
Naniniwala ba si Cardinal David sa "bloodless" drug war ni Marcos nang sinabi niyang "abruptly huminto" ang patayan na may kinalaman sa giyera kontra droga nang palitan ni Marcos si Duterte? Narito ang pasubali sa sinabi ng Cardinal base sa datos ng Dahas Project.
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On 1-7 Nov 2025, 7 died in Marcos’s drug war. A Drug Enforcement Unit cop was killed in Nueva Ecija, while state agents killed 3 in buy-bust ops. Maguindanao del Norte claimed its 7th HVI victim. To date, a total of 22 HVIs died in 2025.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
In October 2025, 32 were killed and 20 injured in incidents of state-related violence. For the 4th month in a row, we recorded incidents of sexual assault (classified as an injury) done by state agents towards civilians or fellow state agents.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sandatahang-...
In Oct 2025, 26 were killed in Marcos’s drug war: 14 pushers, 5 HVIs, 4 w/ no drug ties (1 by an enraged suspect, 1 w/ a targeted pusher, 1 brgy capt active in anti-drug ops, 1 police), 2 users, & 1 w/ drug records. State agents killed 13 of 26.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
On 24-31 Oct 2025, 10 died in Marcos’s drug war, 2x the count from last week. Among them, 1 HVI in Sulu & 2 victims w/ no known ties (a cop in an op & a friend of a pusher). The 2 pushers killed in Cebu keep it as the top hotspot w/ 46 killings.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
On 16-23 October 2025, 5 died in Marcos's drug war. Most of those killed (4) were drug peddlers, of whom 3 were killed by state agents. The 5th casualty was w/ no known ties, a chairman in Sultan Kudarat, who was active in barangay anti-drug ops.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
On 8-15 Oct 2025, 7 died in Marcos’s drug war. State agents killed 5 in buy-bust ops. Of the 3 HVIs killed, 2 were killed by cops (those in Maguindanao del Norte) and 1 (in Cebu) by a non-state agent. Cebu remains the top hotspot w/ 44 killings.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
On 1-7 October 2025, 4 died in Marcos’s drug war. Among them is a pregnant woman w/ no drug ties, killed by a drug suspect whom she knew. State agents killed during buy-bust ops: an HVI and a motorcycle driver implicated in drug peddling.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
September saw 25 killed & 27 injured in reported incidents of state-related violence. 9 were injured at a Sept. 5 protest. Excluded are civilian & police casualties during the Sept. 21 protests as there is still no reported final count of these.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sandatahang-...
In Sept 2025, 20 were killed in Marcos’s drug war: 9 pushers, 3 HVIs, 3 users, 3 w/no drug ties (1 ex police asset, 1 caught up in an op & 1 minor hit by a stray bullet), and 2 w/drug records. State agents (w/ 9 kills) remain the top assailants.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
On 24-30 Sept 2025, 4 were killed in Marcos's drug war, all on the same day. State agents killed 2 suspects in buy-bust ops in Batangas and MagSur. Among them, an HVI, is a member of the Dawlah Islamiya group charged with 6 other cases.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
