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MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — A shootout between suspected drug cartels left 18 people dead Friday in Mexico, a government official said. The gunfight happened in a remote area of Zacatecas state in the country’s north, said Rocio Aguilar, a spokeswoman for the state government. Drug-related violence has claimed more than 300,000 lives in Mexico since 2006, when the government started deploying federal troops to fight the cartels. “There were 18 dead, and the confrontation […]
(Eagle News) –A “high-value” drug suspect was killed in a recent shootout with police in Albay, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also seized from Antonis Tupas were P6.8 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride or one kilogram of shabu. The PNP said Tupas was transacting with an undercover police operative in Barangay Quiringay when he sensed the police operation, drew his firearm and engaged policemen in the shootout. Tupas was wounded and […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency have jointly drawn up guidelines for the conduct of anti-drug operations to prevent a repeat of the botched buy-bust operation in Quezon City in February that left two policemen, one PDEA agent and one informant dead. In a statement, the PNP said the guidelines were drawn up in a bilateral meeting on Saturday among top officials of both agencies at the PNP […]
(Eagle News) — A father and his son were killed in Tawi tawi after they shot it out with authorities who were about to arrest them for murder, the Philippine National Police said on Sunday, May 9. According to the PNP, apart from Girang Lipae and Basil Lipae, also killed was an unidentified female after the shootout in Barangay Sipangkot in Sitangkai. The authorities at that time were carrying an arrest warrant for multiple murder […]
(Eagle News) — Two police officers were injured after they were shot at by the father of two drug suspects they arrested earlier. The Philippine National Police said Police Corporal Nicolo Leon Luna III and Police Staff Sergeant Bobby Judan, both members of Regional Drug Enforcement Unit 9, had just brought Jonar Jul-Asri and Moner Jul-Asri to the hospital for mandatory medical examination following their arrest in a buy-bust operation when they were attacked by […]
(Eagle News) — One person died while two others were injured in an ensuing shootout with police officers who were out to serve arrest warrants in Cebu on Friday. According to the Philippine National Police, Arnel Cabahug Capangpangan, 35, who was one of four subjects of the warrants of arrest, was killed after police retaliated as soon as he fired at the officers who were about to arrest him for rape. One police officer was […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte expressed sadness over the shootout between members of the Philippine National Police and agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Quezon City on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President also expressed concern over the incident, which left two policemen dead. A media report said a third fatality was seen being taken out supposedly from a PDEA van. “Ang in-assure niya, gaya ng nangyari sa Sulu, […]
(Eagle News) — The chief of police of the Jolo municipal police has been relieved from his post. The relief of Lt. Col. Walter Annayo, the police have said, was to pave the way for an impartial probe into the killing of four soldiers in a misencounter with policemen on Monday, June 29. Annayo was replaced by Police Lt. Col. Filmore Calib. The Philippine Army has condemned the “fatal shooting,” calling for a “full-blown investigation” […]
(Eagle News)–The police on Monday, Feb. 4, reiterated that Richard Santillan, former Biliran Rep. Glenn Chong’s aide, was killed in a legitimate encounter with police. “For us, indeed it was a shootout,” Supt. Joseph Arguelles of the Police Regional Office 4-A said during a hearing by the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs. Arguelles cited what he said were the two bullet holes in the front bumper of the SWAT mobile of the […]
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) — At least one person was killed and seven others wounded during a botched robbery at a jewelry store at a San Antonio mall, police said on Sunday (January 22). The shooting unfolded as two people who staged an armed robbery at a Kay Jewelers outlet at the Rolling Oaks Mall were fleeing, said Police Chief William McManus. Two bystanders tried to intervene. One was shot and killed by one of […]
by Nova SAFO WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A gunman, who police say was wearing military attire with Nazi emblems, opened fire in Houston on Monday just before daybreak, wounding nine people before police killed him in an exchange of gunfire. The shooter was a Houston-area lawyer, the Texas city’s police chief Martha Montalvo told a news conference. But, authorities would not identify the man by name, pending further investigation and notification of his family. […]
