Compostela Valley town mayor killed in ambush

By: Frances Mangosing - 10 years ago

Mayor Reynaldo Navarro of Laak, Compostela Valley. Screengrab from https://ecomval.gov.ph/

MANILA, Philippines—Mayor Reynaldo Navarro of Laak, Compostela Valley was killed after he was ambushed in Davao del Norte Tuesday morning.

Navarro’s convoy was traversing the highway of K9, Sagayen village in Asuncion town at around 9 a.m. when unidentified men fired shots at them, an initial report of Army’s 10th Infantry Division spokesman Captain Ernest Carolina said.

He was pronounced dead on arrival at Tagum Doctors Hospital.

Soldiers and police are now in the crime scene for investigation.