No-Go Zones - World’s Toughest Places | Quirino, Philippines | Free Documentary

quirino manila home to drug dealers thugs thieves and murderers anyone who goes in there is risking their life kirino is a deadly no-go zone don't move i don't want to hear a peep out of you under the control of the batunga city jail game merciless brutal and prepared to do anything to defend their territory stalked by bounty hunters who stared death in the face every day that's an arms dealer which means he's going to shoot in a place where poverty violence and prostitution are the way of life and bloody drug wars are the backdrop that people live their lives to welcome to the trap welcome to kirino uh manila capital of the philippines with 24 million inhabitants the fourth largest city in the world and while the rich basque and luxury and glamour on one side of town just a few kilometers away the complete opposite is going on city home to 3 million people population density higher than anywhere else in the country [Applause] one in four here live on just two euros a day the crime rate highest in all the philippines officially there are 40 000 crimes committed here every year gang wars rage on a weekly basis it's victims falling to the now all too familiar hails of bullets the murder rate has skyrocketed 60 percent in the past three years alone and shows no signs of stopping and right in the middle of it all kirino territory of the patunga city jail gang an area that even the hardened residents of quezon city dare not tread foot an absolute no-go zone greater manila is home to about 500 slums in the northeastern district of quezon city lies quirino an area of about one square kilometer and which is ruled by its own laws which he writes jojo for the past 20 years jojo has been ruling over kirino fiercely defending it against its enemies [Music] i checked the area every day i need to know if any members of enemy gangs are trying to get onto our turf the gang around boss jojo is a subgroup of the batunga city jail game set up originally in jail its network has since spread out across the entire country this street belongs to us this is our headquarters and where most of our gang members live at first glance paajo seems to be a totally normal street but the people who live here are almost all drug dealers thieves and murderers including the women and children paajo is situated in the middle of the no-go zone from here boss jojo directs the gang headquarters well hidden between the houses of quirino the only access is through an inconspicuous alleyway here no one can get in or out without being noticed only boss jojo's most trusted associates are allowed in they are loyal to their leader and always prepared to sacrifice their life for the gang the war with the surrounding gangs flares up again and again jojo and his men need more weapons which means they'll need more money we're the most powerful gang here but there are also other gangs in other neighborhoods one of these gangs recently tried to push into our territory we fought back and they ran for their lives in order to protect his area as much as possible jojo has divided this no-go zone into nine sections each of his henchmen controls one of them together with four to six minions each going [Music] but cool these days isn't good enough jojo sends all of his henchmen on a special mission to scrape up money and then stockpile as many weapons as they can get their hands on the gang leader has selected his people with the greatest care each of them is specialized in robbery burglary or drug dealing the robbery expert gabby he's one of jojo's most loyal followers and even has a tattoo of his name [Music] the boss's right-hand man rodney he and jojo grew up together rodney manages the gang's drug business and is considered to be especially ruthless and brutal if the deal gets out of control [Music] for the gang a human life has a worth less than a credit card or a mobile phone and certainly less than their own life for years now the philippines has been in the top ten of countries with the highest murder rate to keep the enemy at bay they'll use just about any means available it's not uncommon in a gang war to use machine guns and deadly booby traps the time comes i try to get as close as possible and fire as many shots as i can just to make sure the other guy is definitely dead once i finished with him he's not going to the hospital but to the morgue around 4 million guns are circulating in the philippines more than half of them illegal shootouts are a weekly occurrence in an iran quirino gangsters stop at nothing and for nobody the driving force behind the gangs of manila shabu also known as crystal meth breaking bad we take drugs before every attack when we're high we lose all inhibitions and it's much easier to take risks almost everyone in carino is addicted to the adrenaline pumping drug gang members couldn't care less that dealing possessing or consuming drugs in the philippines is punishable by death the only thing that's important is the next high a drug war has been raging in the philippines for years police and killer commandos hunt down dealers even the addicts are fair game anyone who kills a drug suspect almost always goes free according to the government its units have already killed twenty thousand people and according to human rights organizations this number includes innocents and children in paho the gang gets ready pumped up by crystal meth they're all set to get money for more weapons a pistol costs the equivalent of about 300 euros in the black market a lot of money in a country where 30 percent of the population lives on less than five euros a day [Music] robbery specialist gabby swears his people in [Music] we have to be so fast that they don't notice our faces and then we act like nothing happened and just keep driving normally no one in the gang is afraid of the police [Music] [Music] the monthly paycheck of an average police officer is about 200 euros which means corruption is just a brown envelope away for this reason police officers are reassigned to a different neighborhood every six weeks but the gangs always find a way to infiltrate which is why there are other people who hunt down the gang bosses like jojo like peter he's the most successful bounty hunter in the philippines always on the lookout for criminals that could bring in anything from a couple hundred euros to thousands high on the list are the leaders of the bigger gangs i hunt gangs like batunga city jail j.i and sputnik g.i my sputnik it's pretty easy to identify them if they've already been in jail they have tattoos of their gang names which is how you can find them for nine years now peter has been hunting dealers gun fences robbers and murderers risking his life with every job but he's still not thinking of quitting death is just part of doing business the bounty hunters target is the border region between gang boss jojo's area and that of an enemy gang his gun always at hand should the gangs get word of peter's research it would mean his certain death at first it seems like peter is just gliding through the streets he's looking for day laborers and street vendors they're usually the best sources for tip-offs they know everybody including who goes in and out and when and where i'm looking for someone residents in the no-go zone are suspicious whether gun dealer or junkie the local authorities are under pressure to get as many names on the kill list as possible the most important thing as a bounty hunter is to know how to communicate with the local people and give you information which more often than not means death for the accused in the meantime only a few blocks away drug dealer rodney supplies countless customers in the no-go zone with new stuff it is estimated that around 5 million filipinos are drug addicts 1 in 20. in carino it's even more a customer texted me that he wants to buy some rodney's customers pay the equivalent of 50 euros for a half a gram of crystal meth for newcomers that's enough to stay high for about two to three days for serious addicts it's only good for a two-hour kick just a few street corners away gabby and his boys are getting closer to their target they are looking for helpless victims to rob and they'll use any means necessary the attacks boss jojo assigned his group to the gang's western territory paho the street where headquarters is located is taboo jojo's gang doesn't murder for fun it's always just business and they have no problem with doing business in the no-go zone in the middle of this slum every cent counts here a cheap handbag is worth more than a human life but even in karina there are rules residents in the no-go zone are protected as long as they follow the rules they're the gang's eyes and ears then we help them we share our money with them if they desperately need them everyone in the no-go zone is under jojo's protection they look away when the gang commits its robberies attacks and deals and they tell the boss about any suspicious people who set foot here for several hours bounty hunter peter has been hunting the gang leaders of quirino and tips have been coming together [Music] the people are slowly getting to know me i often give the poor people something to eat so that they like me when i come back then they don't get excited and sound off if i'm looking for a criminal indiana people fighting for their lives for a couple of euros a day for themselves and their families these are the best opportunities the bounty hunter has then another tip from an informant but the telephone is too unsafe for him he demands a personal meeting [Music] gun dealers are big fish and to bust a dealer means getting access to his customers peter is in for some big business the informant doesn't want to be recognized if anyone finds out he is talking and who he's meeting he's as good as dead gun dealers have power they provide the gangs with everything they need including pistols shotguns and booby traps everything boss jojo needs to survive and thrive in the next gang war [Music] in the meantime drug dealer rodney has serviced just about all of his regular customers taking in an equivalent of about 250 euros rodney handles a lot of his deals on the phone the risk is too high that a supposed junkie turns out to be a police informer [Music] at the end of his route the dealer visits one of his best customers at home she lives right next to the headquarters in the middle of the no goes on and has been taking crystal meth since she was a teenager like just about everyone in carino 21 year old midler grew up here and resisted temptation for a long time mevlin has been using the drug for about four years now the same time she has been walking the streets she sells her body to anyone who can give her money or drugs like dealer rodney no high school diploma no education of any kind no perspective mivolin sees prostitution as the only way she can make any money for her children for food and for that all-important daily high the father is long gone i live alone with my kids i've fought his parents wanted to take the kids away from me and he was on their side that's crazy i wasn't going to let that happen i just packed up our things and took the kids out of there and now we are just trying to get by i have to earn the money to keep us alive all by myself since then mavelin has been living with her parents they don't know about her addiction or her job they think their daughter is waiting tables as a waitress in order to feed herself and her children prostitution is illegal in the philippines mevelin could land in jail any day [Music] the most important thing is that we have rice our daily budget for food is about 300 pesos and that doesn't include things like milk or other things that kids need that's about five euros for all three money that neverland has to earn every day but like her her children will never go to school it may not cost anything but to pay for school uniforms and books her income as a prostitute is not enough the fate of mevelyn and her children is the same as many others around one million children in the philippines never go to school as soon as they are grown they often see only one way out the street life sell themselves or join up with a gang like jojo's everyone who works for him has to follow the rules his underlings can keep 50 of the take the other half goes to the boss normally today they're putting all their money together collecting every peso for new firearms to defend their turf and kill intruders let's look inside only for a phone the game gets around 2 000 filipino pesos on the black market about 35 euros doesn't sound like much but for the average earner in the no-go zone it's a half-month's income another reason jojo's gain keeps growing the newest member raymond he's just completing his first initiation ritual [Music] i was working alone before but the gang offers me more protection that's why i decided to join up for raymond the tattoo means that from now on his life belongs to the gang boss jojo enjoys these moments every time like it was the first that's important the tattoo shows everyone that he belongs to us it protects him no one in the no-go zone of kirino takes the risk of confronting one of his men it's a viking that's our gang tattoo in jail everyone has a special tattoo the viking jojo's symbol for about 20 years now that's when he started his notorious gang in jail but no one gets the whole tattoo at once they have to earn each part of it i brought all the gang members in this area together they're the ones that make me strong jojo's organization originates from this jail the conditions in filipino jails are considered to be especially tough cells with five inmates each overwhelmed guards in reality it's the gangs that are in control here anyone who doesn't belong to one is highly unlikely to survive the only way to recognize a gang member tattoos placed where nobody can see who isn't supposed to see [Music] as soon as they get out they act like normal people anyone here could be a murderous gang member it is also for this reason that jojo checks on his no-go zone his kingdom almost every day and keeps in contact with his informants which include residents street vendors and tuk-tuk drivers the gang boss has people everywhere who serve as his eyes and ears sometimes strangers show up who could also be informed then my people let me know that a stranger is around so we watch out special attention is paid to bounty hunters everyone knows they kill suspects without remorse the other danger rival gangs they're trying to take the area over from jojo and his followers this is when we had a fierce fight recently so we shot at them and we pushed them back but to keep winning at this war the gang clearly needs one thing more firepower but bounty hunter peter is close on their heels his informant's tips appear to be accurate a gun dealer hideout north of the no-go zone a gun dealer who regularly supplies boss jojo and his gang with the weapons they want at first peter checks out the area from his car he doesn't want to startle his [Music] targets i'm pretty optimistic that i'll make good peter plans to bribe one of the residents in order to get more information about where the stolen goods are received 40 euros for one piece of information that if it's correct will bring him 50 times as much in return peter has successfully hunted down over a hundred suspects he more than anyone knows that any little detail could save his life he lives at the end of this block in a little alley i'm going to tell the police that we'll go in tomorrow for peter it's time to get out before someone notices him in less than 24 hours working together with a heavily armed police strike force he'll move back in and put the gun dealer out of commission the bounty hunter trains several times a week at the shooting range and owns 10 guns just to make sure that he's the one doing the killing and doesn't get killed himself as a bounty hunter i need to be ready for anything especially in this case he's a gun dealer which means he's going to defend himself with his guns i want to be well prepared gang members in quezon city don't care if they land in jail or die i'll shoot now peter's toughest job ever a group of bank robbers in the end he shot all of them killing it's become normal but that wasn't always the case the first time i killed someone during a shootout it really hit me hard that was the first time i ever went to confession at church but the next time the killing was easier it was only tough for me the first time first time [Music] um in his nine years as a bounty hunter peter has shot 30 people dead the gun dealer might just be number 31. [Music] looks good i'm ready for that guy tomorrow in daylight because when it's dark not even he will step foot in karina seven o'clock in the evening for the prostitute mavelin that means like every evening preparing to earn some money i hope i get a lot of customers today it's the weekend which is when most of the tricks come yesterday i only had one [Music] for crystal meth for food to feed her children it's a vicious daily cycle that mevolin more than anyone knows she will never escape from her most fervent wish to use the money she earns to give her two children a better future [Music] her friend alvin is also her pimp he takes 20 percent and escorts her every day to the strip she services he has never hit her mevelin wants it to stay that way because what she anticipates in the next few hours is hard enough i'm just thinking about my family now i'm only doing this for my family for them and especially for my kids the red light district of quezon city is situated two kilometers west of the no-go zone on the busy republic avenue even though prostitution is forbidden the women know that most police look the other way officially they offer massage services the few extras neverland's friends are already waiting at the regular location junkies just like her hey sweetie how's it going you're doing good looking good we haven't had any customers the jones pay 9 euros for oral sex for normal sex 25 and for anything beyond that double but even then a single john won't do for a daily dose of meth the worst part is when they want something that i don't want to do sometimes the guys want something really disgusting most of the time i just leave because i don't want to do it waiting for an hour then just as her high subsides a regular customer appears mivlin knows that he's not a pervert and he'll pay hey how's it going long time no see boss you want me let's go we're going now bye bye bye mavelin is lucky this night the first customer comes early because the competition on the streets is fierce it is estimated that there are about 800 000 prostitutes in the philippines more than 10 of them are underage meanwhile at the center of the no-go zone jojo's gang is getting ready to execute more robberies the boss and his right-hand man rodney want to take the opportunity to train their youngest member the two ringleaders already have several human lives in their consciences most of the time as a result of trivial issues their inhibition toward violence practically non-existent one time i got into a fight but it was on their turf which is why i didn't do anything at first but i swore that if i ever saw him on our turf i'd kill him the criminals look for passers-by with phones credit cards and cash those who resist risk their life robberies and shootouts are practically normal here every other day in quezon city there's an armed robbery the highest rate in the philippines and there are almost always casualties the victims passers-by vendors taxi and bus drivers whoever resists or tries to intervene is mercilessly shot and everyone from jojo's gang is prepared to do the same when it comes right down to it they act as though they are harmless residents but these are wolves in sheep's clothing sizing up everyone and anyone that crosses their path [Music] a few kilometers away in the red light district mevelin has finished with her first customer and she isn't thinking of her work or her next crystal high but rather have her two children [Music] i made good money which i can use to buy food and diapers from my kids enough for some things but nowhere near enough for everything tomorrow morning at the latest mevelin will need her next kick and that she will get it from the dealers in jojo's gang they returned from their round of robberies early the next morning time to check the take at headquarters especially the wallets and phones they add up to the equivalent of about 200 euros a good night if they can keep it up like this in a few days they'll have enough to buy new guns guns they'll need to defend their turf and guns that bounty hunter peter wants to get out of circulation as quickly as possible with the help of 10 members of a special unit all heavily armed because each of them knows that rightly or wrongly killing the suspects will cause less problems than the alternatives [Music] i hope the raid is a success that's almost 2 000 euros bounty a hefty sum life is cheap but some lives are worth more than others and this raid is considered to be extremely dangerous even though murdering a gun or drug dealer is rarely penalized there are some rules first evidence then raid the undercover buyer is a member of the special unit he's being protected by additional police and neighboring houses they are videotaping the whole thing for evidence peter's sense was right on the money with a purchased gun in the bag the secret agent proceeds to his colleagues waiting in the car positive he bought the gun go go go go now everything has to move fast [Music] the fact that bounty hunter peter is also risking his life at this moment is of no consequence to him and i was constantly thinking about my family [Music] but that was a long time ago these days i just marched right in i know exactly what i'm doing foreign [Music] go go what's up [Music] there's guns and drugs the raid is a complete success officers discover lots of cash several grams of crystal meth and two other guns [Music] not to mention a telephone which might contain the names and numbers of other criminals basically a total success but not for bounty hunter peter [Music] gun dealers can expect a sentence of about 20 years in prison his arrest just a drop in the bucket but enough to interrupt the expansion of the gang and to make quirino that little bit safer but still it remains a no-go zone that threatens the future of its children along with everyone else who call it home drug dealer rodney knows he'll keep on doing the same thing he's been doing until he dies [Music] a few years ago i tried to start a new life but then the police arrested me anyway [Music] so it doesn't make a difference i'm just the same goes for gang boss jojo because like he says it's the only thing he knows how to do sometimes i worry about my children or what if i get busted during a deal who will take care of my kids but jojo's still sees only one way out to help his gang grow bigger and stronger the game of cat and mouse has been put on hold for the moment but it will keep on going this is one of the things that unites jojo and peter cop and robber peter is already back out again hunting for more criminals like jojo and prepared to kill them if necessary there are just so many criminals that the police can't handle them without people like me the police needs me to track the gang leaders and find the guns and drugs there are just too few of them that's exactly and exactly why kirino will remain what it is for a long time an environment where death is waiting around every corner where killers and dealers roam free and bounty hunters are licensed to kill truly an absolute no-go zone you

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Length: 45min 37sec (2737 seconds)

Published: Sun Jun 13 2021