PNP chief and Director General Ronald dela Rosa made the disclosure on Monday as the court issued the warrant of arrest for murder against the police officers led by Supt. “As of now, the warrant of arrest has been issued against them for murder and the CIDG in Region 8 has already served the warrant. In a 34-page report, the joint committees said there was a systematic “clean up” of individuals involved in the Espinosa drug trade. Besides the mayor, other drug suspects reportedly linked to the Espinosa drug operation such as Edgar Allan Alvarez and Fernando Balagbis also suffered the same fate. Balagbis was also killed in jail when he allegedly resisted and assaulted the police who raided his jail cell.

Source: Manila Times March 20, 2017 15:22 UTC