Village chief in Capiz shot dead

ILOILO CITY — The village chief of Roosevelt in Tapaz town on Capiz died from gunshot wounds after he was shot allegedly by motorcycle riding gunmen.

Barangay captain Julie Catamin had earlier accused law enforcers of planting evidence against four village residents who were among the 16 arrested in the deadly December 30 police operation in Capiz and Iloilo which left nine leaders of Indigenous Peoples dead.

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