Manila: Security forces killed 12 people during a drug raid in the southern Philippines on Saturday, officials said. It was the bloodiest episode in years in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on narcotics.
A police officer was also killed in the gunbattle, which took place in Sultan Kudarat, a small town in the province of Maguindanao. Two other officers were wounded, officials said.
Members of the national police, accompanied by Philippine marines, had tried to serve a warrant before dawn at a residential compound tied to Pendatun Adsis Talusan, a former village chief who was suspected of involvement in the illegal drug trade, officials said.
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According to Catbalogan Police Chief, Lt Col. Francisco Sumpo Jr., suspect Lucio Abarcar, who was tagged by both the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) as a high-value individual in Eastern Visayas, was killed after he chose to shoot it out with authorities in a drug stint conducted on Friday night in Barangay 2, Salug, in Catbalogan City.
The drug sting, which was conducted with the cooperation of the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit 8, the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit of Samar Police Provincial Office, and the City Drug Enforcement Team, also resulted in the recovery of three sachets of shabu, which was procured by an undercover agent for P25,000.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 9) The parents of Christine Dacera are seeking the immediate relief of the Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) medico-legal officer who handled their daughter s body following her death.
Jose Nestor and Sharon Dacera filed an administrative complaint this week against PMAJ Michael Nick Sarmiento for gross negligence and gross incompetence in the irregular and inaccurate preparation and submission of a medico-legal report and death certificate in relation to their daughter s demise.
The complaint recounted that the younger Dacera was declared dead after being rushed to the Makati Medical Center on New Year s Day. Her body was then placed temporarily in a refrigerator facility in the hospital before being transported to the Rizal Funeral Homes in Pasay City around 9:30 a.m. the next day. Sarmiento then prematurely ordered that the 23 year-old s body be embalmed without the conformity of the family and without having first
Dacera s body embalmed prior to autopsy, Metro Manila police chief confirms
enablePagination: false Flight attendant Christine Angelica Dacera (FILE PHOTO)
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 8) The body of flight attendant Christine Angelica Dacera was embalmed before an initial autopsy was done by police, Metro Manila police chief Vicente Danao, Jr. confirmed Friday. Sinabi po niya yun na na-embalm bago po na-autopsy [He said that the body was embalmed before it went through autopsy], Danao told CNN Philippines
The Source, referring to forensic examiner Police Major Michael Nick Sarmiento.
Danao questioned the move. However, he admitted that revised rules of the Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) due to the COVID-19 pandemic allowed such arrangements.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday said the National Bureau of Investigation is helping the police determine the "true cause of death" of flight attendant Christine Dacera.