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Misamis Occidental mayor shot dead a day after arrest for mauling

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/10/25/misamis-(1).jpg"/><figcaption>This photo shows the crime scene where Clarin Mayor David Navarro of Misamis Occidental province was shot dead. <em>ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>CEBU CITY <strong>(UPDATE)</strong>—A town mayor from Misamis Occidental province who was previously tagged in President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s &quot;narco-list&quot; was gunned down along M. Velez St., Cebu City on Friday afternoon, police said.</p><p>Clarin Mayor David Navarro was shot by unknown gunmen while he was on a police vehicle en route to the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office.</p><p>He was set to undergo inquest for slight physical injury and acts of lasciviousness, a day after he was <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/24/19/mayor-sa-misamis-occidental-inaresto-dahil-sa-umanoy-pambubugbog-sa-masahista">arrested for allegedly mauling a masseur</a> and soliciting sexual favors.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ub5vf2FoGMc?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Witnesses said the perpetrators aboard a white van stopped the police convoy and told Navarro to get out of the vehicle before shooting him.</p><p>Police Major Eduard Sanchez, chief of Abellana Police Station, claimed they ensured Navarro&#x27;s safety but the incident happened quickly.</p><p>The mayor wore a bulletproof vest and was seated beside the police chief of Clarin and a security aide, he said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1382626" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>The victim&#x27;s sister Princess blamed the attack to Navarro&#x27;s inclusion in the list of alleged &quot;narco-politicians.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Do you think these cases of slight physical injury and acts of lasciviousness could be the reason for his death?&quot; she told ABS-CBN News in Cebuano.</p><p>Princess also denied her brother was involved in the alleged illegal drug trade of the Parojinog clan in Ozamiz City, whose members were killed and arrested in a series of anti-drug raids in 2017.</p><p>&quot;We knew each other because we lived in the same province, but not to the point that we are linked to whatever business the Parojinogs have,&quot; she said.</p><p>She added, &quot;My brother was friendly because he was a politician. He was a family provider and extraordinarily generous.&quot;</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_2_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_2" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1382624" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Sen. Bong Go, who was in Cebu City to visit fire victims in Barangay Sambag I, said he also heard Navarro was included in Duterte&#x27;s &quot;narco-list&quot;.</p><p>He condemned the incident and said he will ask the police and the President to give justice on Navarro&#x27;s death.</p><p>&quot;Pero maaaring babala rin po &#x27;yan sa mga sangkot sa droga,&quot; Go said.</p><p>(But this could also be a warning against those involved in the illegal drugs trade.)<strong>—With reports from Annie Perez and Aiza Layague, ABS-CBN News</strong></p>

<p>CEBU CITY (UPDATE)—A town mayor from Misamis Occidental province who was previously tagged in President Rodrigo Duterte's "narco-list" was gunned down along M. Velez St., Cebu City on Friday afternoon, police said.</p><p> </p>

CEBU CITY (UPDATE)—A town mayor from Misamis Occidental province who was previously tagged in President Rodrigo Duterte's "narco-list" was gunned down along M. Velez St., Cebu City on Friday afternoon, police said.