A Philippine mayor named by the country’s president as being involved in the illegal drug trade was shot dead in jail on Saturday, police said. Philippines president ordered murders and killed official, claims hitman Read moreDuterte had named several local officials, policemen and judges as being involved in the narcotics trade and urged them to surrender. He added that another inmate accused of drug trafficking was also killed, after he too fired at the officers. Kerwin was arrested in the United Arab Emirates last month and is set to return to the Philippines to face drug trafficking charges. Another mayor accused of drug trafficking was killed in the southern Philippines in late October.

Source: The Guardian November 05, 2016 06:37 UTC