In hot spot of drug war deaths, victims are immortalized through a shrine

Aurora Blas was among the first widows left behind by former president Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody drug war.

On July 31, 2016, Aurora waited for her husband, Thelmo, the whole day but he never came home. A day later, at noon time, she was told her husband was brought to a police station so she looked for him.

Aurora said someone saw her husband walking with unidentified individuals, while Thelmo’s hands were cuffed, with head looking down on the ground. When Aurora reached the...