Edgar Matobato

Edgar Matobato
Mug shot of Matobato during his October 2016 arrest
Born	Edgar Bernal Matobato (1959-06-11) June 11, 1959 (age 65) Davao City, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Occupation	Former hitman
Years active	1988–2013
Known for	Testifying about the Davao Death Squad and Rodrigo Duterte's involvement

Edgar Bernal Matobato (born June 11, 1959) is a Filipino self-confessed hitman and whistleblower who claims to be a member of the Davao Death Squad (DDS), an alleged vigilante group tasked to summarily execute suspected criminals, from 1988 to 2013. He gained international recognition in 2016 when he testified before the Senate of the Philippines, reporting about his experience as a hitman under the DDS. In his testimony, he also alleged that former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte acted as the group's commander. Since withdrawing from the DDS, he had been in hiding in various places in the Philippines, under the custody of both the National Bureau of Investigation and then by priests from the Catholic Church.

In 2017, his lawyer filed a complaint to the International Criminal Court (ICC), asking for a formal investigation into the mass killings in the Philippine drug war. As of 2025, Matobato has escaped the Philippines, aided by priests of the Church and under the protection of the ICC, and remains in hiding following persistent death threats against him.