A mayor on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's list of top drugs suspects has been killed during a shootout at a prison, police say, in the latest high-profile killing in his bloody war on narcotics.
Rolando Espinosa, mayor of Albuera town in central Leyte province, turned himself in to the national police chief in August after Duterte asked him and his son, Kerwin, to surrender over their involvement in the drug trade.
Espinosa was later allowed to go home but on October 5 was arrested on charges of illegal possession of drugs and firearms.
The shootout took place after Espinosa and inmate Raul Yap fired at a team from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group who were on a mission to serve a search warrant against the detainees for firearms and illegal drugs, police said.
Rolando Espinosa, mayor of Albuera town in central Leyte province, turned himself in to the national police chief in August after Duterte asked him and his son, Kerwin, to surrender over their involvement in the drug trade.
Espinosa was later allowed to go home but on October 5 was arrested on charges of illegal possession of drugs and firearms.
The shootout took place after Espinosa and inmate Raul Yap fired at a team from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group who were on a mission to serve a search warrant against the detainees for firearms and illegal drugs, police said.
Source: sbs
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