President Rodrigo Duterte has released a “matrix” of drug lords and politicians who allegedly funded the deadly siege in Marawi City, which entered its fourth month on Saturday. The left names “drug lords,” who include a number of incumbent local executives, the right names “drug dealers,” and the center contains circles within which are the names of “narco-politicians” and other major players. “All drug trade in LDS pass to former mayor Pre and Solitario [through]barangay chairman Aliodin, and Vice Mayor Arafat and brother[s]Samer and Walid, respectively,” the drug matrix read. “Pre and Solitario authored the kidnapping and liquidation of all drug lords… Arrows indicate drug trade control relationship,” it added. A few days later, authorities seized two kilos of shabu worth P10 million in the house of former Marawi mayor Omar Solitario Ali.

Source: Manila Times September 23, 2017 16:07 UTC