Dionardo Carlos, PNP spokesperson, said the defendants were booked on Monday in Baybay at the CIDG regional office for Eastern Visayas. ‘Rubout’The NBI filed last Nov. 5 two counts of murder against Marcos and his men for the killing of both Espinosa, the mayor of Albuera town in Leyte, and Yap. Senators who conducted an inquiry into the incident described Espinosa’s killing as “premeditated” due to the suspicious manner by which the CIDG team had carried out the raid. Espinosa’s son Kerwin, a confessed drug distributor, had testified during the Senate inquiry that some members of the CIDG team were receiving protection payoffs from him. Both the Senate inquiry and the NBI investigation showed that neither Yap nor Espinosa was armed at that time of the raid.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 20, 2017 17:26 UTC