Overview

• On May 29, 2025, Arnolfo Teves Jr. was deported from Dili and observed boarding a Philippine Air Force turboprop bound for Manila.
• Teves is accused of orchestrating a March 2023 attack in Negros Oriental that killed Governor Roel Degamo and nine others.
• East Timor linked the deportation to its upcoming full accession to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to bolster regional legal cooperation.
• The Philippines Department of Justice has assembled a team of justice and immigration officials to oversee Teves’s repatriation and forthcoming trial.
• Teves had evaded extradition in East Timor for over two years after a local court blocked his transfer and his asylum application was rejected.