Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa and drug suspect Raul Yap were killed in an alleged shootout inside the Baybay City Provincial Jail early Saturday morning.
Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Region 8 were at the jail to serve search warrants on the two detainees for separate cases when the latter fired at the cops and a shootout ensued, Philippine National Police Regional Director Elmer Beltejar said.
"It was a warrant application. It was purely CIDG. Walang coordination with PNP Region 8," Beltejar told GMA News Online. In a separate statement, PNP spokesperson Sr. Supt. Dionardo Carlos said, "As a matter of procedure, this incident will undergo investigation to establish the facts and circumstances surrrounding the incident."
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