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Ronald Marapon dela Rosa (born January 21, 1962), known by his nickname Bato, is a Filipino politician, fugitive, and retired police officer who has served as a senator of the Philippines since 2019. He served under the Duterte administration as the chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from July 1, 2016, to April 19, 2018, overseeing the government's war on drugs. He also served as director general of the Bureau of Corrections from April 30 to October 12, 2018. Dela Rosa was born into poverty in Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur, a town next to Davao City. He worked as a fish vendor and bus conductor growing up. After briefly attending the Mindanao State University, he entered the Philippine Military Academy and graduated in 1986, upon which he became acquainted with Davao City OIC Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. In years before and after the 1986 People Power Revolution, dela Rosa served as the chief handler of the anti-communist vigilante group Tadtad, which was accused of committing massacres in its operations. Dela Rosa is currently wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague for crimes against humanity due to his involvement in the drug war during the administration of Rodrigo Duterte, who was arrested in March 2025 and is currently detained at The Hague. During a Senate hearing in October 2024, Duterte called Dela Rosa one of the commanders of his death squad. On November 8, 2025, Philippine Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla claimed that the ICC had issued an arrest warrant for Dela Rosa, though it was denied at the time. Dela Rosa went into hiding for six months upon learning of the possible warrant, and had consequently been absent from 31 Senate sessions. On May 11, 2026, he was assisted by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano in returning to the Senate upon being convinced by Cayetano to help vote for the removal of Tito Sotto as Senate President amidst the second impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte. Upon attempts by the National Bureau of Investigation to serve the ICC arrest warrant, Dela Rosa evaded arrest and stayed within the premises of the Philippine Senate at the GSIS Building from May 11 to 14, 2026, where he was placed under a contested protective custody while awaiting a Supreme Court decision on a petition to block his arrest. During a three-day lockdown for his stay at the Senate, gunshots were fired by the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms (OSAA) on the evening of May 13 against an alleged offensive by members of the NBI; a later investigation by the Philippine National Police concluded that no attack was taking place during the shooting, with the first shots initiated by the OSAA. In the early hours of May 14, 2026, dela Rosa escaped the Senate premises in a vehicle owned by Senator Robin Padilla.