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posted by martyb on Monday July 31 2017, @07:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the drugs-are-dangerous dept.

The mayor of Ozamiz in the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines has been killed in a drug raid:

A mayor who had been accused by President Rodrigo Duterte of involvement in drug trafficking was killed along with his wife and 10 other people in coordinated police raids early Sunday, the authorities said.

Reynaldo Parojinog, mayor of the city of Ozamiz in the southern Philippines, died in a firefight at his home after his security personnel shot at drug enforcement officers, who had come to arrest him and three members of his family, according to the Philippine National Police.

His wife, Susan Parojinog, and five other people were also killed, and a second raid at another house owned by the family left five more people dead, the police said. Mr. Parojinog's daughter, Nova Princess Parojinog-Echavez, the deputy mayor of Ozamiz, was among "scores" of people arrested, according to Ernesto Abella, a spokesman for Mr. Duterte.

The police said they confiscated high-powered rifles, bundles of cash and an unspecified amount of methamphetamines at Mr. Parojinog's home. A police official, Chief Superintendent Timoteo Pacleb, said one officer had been wounded in the firefight but that his life was not in danger.

Also at the The Washington Post, SunStar, BBC, and CNN Philippines.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 01 2017, @12:15AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 01 2017, @12:15AM (#547438)

    Nobody sane would give a crap as to "how bad" the drug problem might be there.

    That's where you are wrong kiddo. If it works it works, only idiots arguing against results based on their feelz.

  • (Score: 5, Touché) by MostCynical on Tuesday August 01 2017, @01:10AM (2 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Tuesday August 01 2017, @01:10AM (#547470) Journal

    "if it works".. hmm:

    "Look at all the dead drug dealers"
    "How do you know they were drug dealers?"
    "They were found with guns and money"
    "...and now they are dead"
    "Yes, look at all the dead drug dealers"

    --
    "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by digitalaudiorock on Tuesday August 01 2017, @02:30PM (1 child)

      by digitalaudiorock (688) on Tuesday August 01 2017, @02:30PM (#547658) Journal

      I hate to thing that the AC poster actually feels that way. Again, they're killing people "suspected" of drug use. Great solution right? Maybe if we just kill everyone we'll have no crime at all...problem solved. People really fucking scare me these days.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 02 2017, @12:44AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 02 2017, @12:44AM (#547801)

        They are allegedly killing people suspected ...

        See how that works?