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Philippine mayor on Duterte's drug list killed by gunmen

Published 10/25/2019, 10:43 PM
Updated 10/25/2019, 10:48 PM
Philippine mayor on Duterte's drug list killed by gunmen

MANILA, Oct 25 (Reuters) - A mayor on Philippine President
Rodrigo Duterte's list of local officials suspected to have drug
links was killed by still unidentified gunmen on Friday, the
latest high-profile killing in his war on drugs.
David Navarro, a town mayor in the southern island of
Mindanao, was being transported by police to a prosecutor's
office in Cebu City, in the central Philippines, when gunmen
ambushed him and his police escorts, police said.
Navarro was arrested by the police on Thursday after he was
accused of assaulting a massage therapist in Cebu.
Navarro was included in Duterte's updated list of
"narco-politicians" which his office made public in March, ahead
of the May 2019 mid-term polls.
Police said they have killed 6,700 drug dealers during
shootouts in a war on drugs unleashed by Duterte more than three
years ago, a campaign condemned by domestic and international
human rights groups.
On October 14, the Philippines' police chief stepped down on
less than a month before his retirement, after he was accused of
involvement in "recycling" confiscated drugs, an allegation that
could undermine the government's anti-narcotics campaign.


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