Philippine drug war dead exhumed as grave leases expire

Workers wearing masks, gloves and protective coats as they carry a body bag containing the skeletal remains of Rodzon Enriquez on July 8, 2021. - AFP

MANILA (AFP): Rodzon Enriquez's skeletal remains are pulled out of a coffin-sized tomb in Manila and placed in a body bag. Five years after the 21-year-old was killed in the Philippines' drug war, the lease on his grave is expiring.

Activists estimate tens of thousands of people have died since President Rodrigo Duterte ordered police to go after drug addicts and dealers in a widely-condemned campaign that has largely targeted poor men.