Ozamiz mayor, 14 others killed in police raid

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<h2>Mayor&#x27;s daughter in police custody</h2><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/07/30/073017_ozamis1.jpg"/><figcaption>The bloodied body of Ozamiz Mayor Reynaldo &quot;Aldong&quot; Parojinog lies in a stretcher.</figcaption></figure></div><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/07/30/073017_ozamis2.jpg"/><figcaption>Ozamiz Mayor Reynaldo &quot;Aldong&quot; Parojinog&#x27;s wife Susan lies lifeless on a stretcher.</figcaption></figure></div><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/07/30/073017_ozamis3.jpg"/><figcaption>Blood pools around of Misamis Occidental Board Member Octavio Parojinog who was killed by cops serving search warrants.</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - <strong>(7th UPDATE) </strong>Ozamiz Mayor Reynaldo &quot;Aldong&quot; Parojinog and 14 others were killed in a series of raids in San Roque Lawis, Ozamiz City early Sunday. </p><p>Police met violent resistance when they served 6 search warrants for firearms in the properties of Parojinog and members of his family at around 2:30 a.m., according to Supt. Lemuel Gonda, spokesperson of the Northern Mindanao police. </p><p>&quot;Nagkaroon po ng pagpapaputok galing sa security ng mga Parojinog kaya po iyung PNP (Philippine National Police) natin is nag-retaliate,&quot; Gonda told DZMM. </p><p>(The Parojinogs&#x27; security personnel fired so our policemen retaliated.) </p><p>Authorities have confirmed 15 fatalities in the incident as of 9 p.m., Gonda said in a text message to ABS-CBN News. </p><p>Among those killed were the mayor, his wife Susan and Ozamiz board member Octavio Parojinog.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aHVxynBK5yE" width="560"></iframe></figure><p>Northern Mindanao police director Chief Supt. Timoteo Pacleb later told DZMM that several rifles, an unspecified amount of suspected shabu and bundles of cash were confiscated from the mayor&#x27;s house. <br/> <br/>Pacleb said the mayor&#x27;s daughter, Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog, was arrested during the operation. She is now in the custody of the Ozamiz police office and may be transferred to Manila. </p><p>Mayor Parojinog was one of the local government officials named in President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s narco-list. His daughter, meanwhile, was reportedly in a relationship with high-profile Bilibid inmate Herbert Colangco.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/08/07/16/full-transcript-dutertes-expos-vs-drug-tagged-officials">FULL TRANSCRIPT: Duterte&#x27;s exposé vs drug-tagged officials</a></li></ul><p>The mayor earlier denied any involvement in the illegal drugs trade.</p><p>PRIVATE ARMY, DRUG ACTIVITIES</p><p>Pacleb, however, said surveillance operations showed that the mayor was maintaining a private army.</p><p>&quot;Mayroon tayong report na he&#x27;s maintaining a private army. Marami po siyang mga security na nagdadala ng mga baril na walang lisensya,&quot; he said.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/07/30/073017_ozamis4.jpg"/><figcaption>An unidentified man lies face down after he was killed in a police raid against the Parojinogs.</figcaption></figure></div><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/07/30/073017_ozamis5.jpg"/><figcaption>A pool of blood surrounds the bodies of 3 men killed in a police raid against the Parojinogs.</figcaption></figure></div><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/07/30/073017_ozamis6.jpg"/><figcaption>An investigator inspects the pieces of evidence seized during a raid of the Parojinog family&#x27;s properties. Rod Bolivar, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div><p>(We have reports that he was maintaining a private army. Many of his security personnel were armed with unlicensed guns.)</p><p>Asked if the mayor also continued his alleged drug activities, Pacleb said, &quot;Ganoon na nga po ang lumalabas sa aming surveillance operations.&quot;</p><p>(That is what our surveillance operations showed. )</p><div><strong>RAID VS COUNCILOR</strong></div><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/07/30/073017_raid.jpg"/><figcaption>This photo from an ABS-CBN source shows a member of the BPAT who was killed in a raid in the properties of the Parojinog family in Ozamiz, Sunday.</figcaption></figure></div><p>A simultaneous raid on the home of the mayor&#x27;s brother, Ozamiz Councilor Ricardo &quot;Ardot&quot; Parojinog also yielded several firearms and explosives, various drug paraphernalia and shabu, an ABS-CBN source said.</p><p>Ardot was not in his house during the operation that nabbed 5 other men.</p><p>Pacleb said a policeman was injured during Sunday&#x27;s raids.</p><p>Refresh this link for more updates on this developing report. -- <strong>With Maria Cecilia Butardo and Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News</strong></p>

<p>(7th UPDATE) Ozamiz Mayor Reynaldo "Aldong" Parojinog and 14 others were killed in a series of raids in San Roque Lawis, Ozamiz City early Sunday.</p>

(7th UPDATE) Ozamiz Mayor Reynaldo "Aldong" Parojinog and 14 others were killed in a series of raids in San Roque Lawis, Ozamiz City early Sunday.

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Ozamiz mayor, 14 others killed in police raid

Ozamiz mayor, 14 others killed in police raid

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Published Jul 30, 2017 10:39 AM PHT

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