Ex-PDEA agent felled by assassin’s bullets in Baguio

BAGUIO CITY–An unidentified gunman killed a 58-year-old retired agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) here on Monday, Dec. 9, police said.

Investigators said the ex-PDEA agent, Samuel Lopez Mora, was driving his Toyota Hilux pickup along the Marcos Highway at KM 4 when the motorcycle-riding assailant shot him several times around 7:30 a.m.

Mora, a resident of Bakakeng Central in this city but a native of Zambales province, died on the spot.

Police have started an investigation. Kimberlie Quitasol

Edited by TSB