Kalye Impiyerno, naging problema raw ang droga sa kanilang lugar noon | I-Witness
Aired (November 18, 2023): Bukod sa krimen at karahasan na naging problema ng kanilang lugar, may isa pa silang naging kalaban— ang droga. Dati pa lang daw, lulong na raw ang mga kabataan at ang mga walang trabaho sa lugar sa droga. Kabilang sa kanila ang mag-asawang sina Luz at Edmund na ngayo’y nakawala na sa pagiging alipin ng ipinagbabawal na gamot.
Panoorin ang #KalyeImpiyerno, dokumentaryo ni Kara David sa #IWitness.
Full episode: https://youtu.be/8efEJk9_T8M
Panoorin ang #KalyeImpiyerno, dokumentaryo ni Kara David sa #IWitness.
Full episode: https://youtu.be/8efEJk9_T8M
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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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