Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr., who surrendered to PNP Chief Bato Dela Rosa, is not as innocent as he claims. Police intelligence reports put him as the head of his family business in the illicit DRUG TRADE. His son, Rolando Jr., also known as Kerwin is the operations guys. Please take note that the buy bust that resulted in FIVE persons being arrested happened in a compound OWNED by the mayor at the same time that those same five are EMPLOYEES of the mayor. The FULL FORCE of the law should be applied to the mayor instead of the kid gloves treatment he is getting from the PNP chief himself. Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. also violated one of the Filipinos’ most cherished values wherein parents DO NOT SQUEAL on their children, much less agree to LETHAL FORCE being used to neutralize his son. He could have publicly called on his son to come out to prove his innocence in the proper forum but the mayor was so SCARED for his life that he did a PONTIUS PILATE by saying his son is already of age, has his own life and that the mayor is not in a position to control the illegal acts of his Junior. As sitting mayor, Senior is also guilty of tolerating the drug trade in his city when he admitted that he is aware of the involvement of his son in drug trafficking.

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Leyte town’s Espinosas tagged big-time drug traders

Shabu is family business; Son Kerwin learned craft from drug lord Jaguar Diaz

Joey A. Gabieta, Robert Dejon   Inquirer Visayas  August 3, 2016

ALBUERA, Leyte – A few days after Rodrigo Duterte was elected President in May, Rolando “Kerwin” Espinosa Jr. was no longer visible in this town.

His disappearance may have something to do with their “family business,” an open secret in this  third class town with a population of about 40,000.

Senior Supt. Frank Simborio, Leyte police director, said Kerwin and his father, Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr., were considered “high value” targets in the Philippine National Police’s war on drugs.

Simborio said Kerwin has been operating his illegal drug trade not only in Leyte but in other parts of Eastern Visayas and Cebu.

“He belongs to our category as level three meaning, he is at the highest level. This means that he operates big time and as far as the police provincial director said, the Espinosa family operates the illegal drug trade as a ‘family enterprise.’”

“They are into the illegal drug trade, running it as a family enterprise, a business with the son (leading the illegal trade),” Simborio said.

Using the proceeds from the drug sale, his family bought pieces of property. The family even owns a hotel in Albuera.

Kerwin stood as the drug lord while his other siblings were allegedly in charge of the financial side of the business, particularly, the collection of earnings.

Jose Antipuesto, a drug peddler who was arrested outside the compound owned by the mayor in Albuera last month, told the police that the drug trade was operated by the elder Espinosa with Kerwin as his right hand and muscle man. But the elder Espinosa stopped two years ago in preparation for his mayoral candidacy. Kerwin, however, continued the family business.

The elder Espinosa ran as an independent candidate and defeated his three opponents including, Mayor Ramon de la Cerna Jr. who resigned from his post on May 19.

De la Cerna cited a “health” reason for his resignation but there were reports he was facing threats and had security problems.

Police sources said Kerwin learned the drug trade from Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz, considered a big time drug lord in Central Visayas.  Diaz was slain by the police in Las Piñas City in Metro Manila in June.

Talks had it that Kerwin went to work for Diaz in Cebu City and Diaz introduced him to the trade. When he went back to Leyte, he put up his own illegal drugs business and made it big.

He was arrested nine times – the last was in 2015.

But he managed to get out of detention sometimes due to a technicality since the warrants misspelled his name as “Rolan.”

A source from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group told the Philippine Daily Inquirer that Kerwin was once released from detention on the intervention of a police official who tagged him as police asset.

His neighbors at Sitio Tinago, Barangay Benolho in this town, also protected him and his family because of their generosity.

The family would host banquets on weekends for their neighbors who were mostly urban poor. The food and the drinks including liquor were overflowing.

Before the day would end, the family would hand in money – P200-P300 – each.

Kerwin was described as a “nice guy” as long as you didn’t cross his path.

What caught his ire were shabu dealers who would not pay him and competitors.

But in 2011, Kerwin’s name became popular when he was charged for shooting then District 7 Chairman Andres Turtogo Jr. inside his house on April 11 that year.

He and two companions — Noel Arcayan, and Roberto Dela Cruz — were charged with frustrated murder. They were released on bail and the case remained pending.

Since then, there had been a series of killings believed to have been caused by debts from shabu. The usual name floated as suspect  “Boss K” who was reportedly Kerwin’s name in the underworld.
But the Espinosas knew change was coming when Chief Insp. Jove Espinido was appointed Albuera police chief on July 19.

Unlike the other police chiefs assigned in the town, Espinido didn’t pay a courtesy call to Mayor Espinosa.

Instead, it was Espinido who asked the mayor to meet him in his office.

The Espinosas started to get scared when they heard talks that Espinido would shoot the mayor and his son on sight due to their involvement on illegal drugs.

The mayor went on leave in early July and was last seen at his office on July 25 to sign payroll.

But Espinido said his invitation was merely to give the mayor and his son a chance to surrender because the illegal drugs trade had become a family business.

On July 28, Espinido and his team conducted a buy bust operation on Kerwin’s underling – Antipuesto at the tennis court in front of the mayor’s compound.

When the undercover policeman announced it was a sting operation, several men at the tennis court scampered in different directions.

Antipuesto and four others were arrested. Four managed to escape by running into the mayor’s compound and locking the gate.

Arrested were two bodyguards of the mayor,  Jessie Ocares, 34; and Marcelo Adorco, 40 – and his three employees –  Jose Jearnie Estrera, Ernesto Dumalat and Antipuesto.  SFM

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the surrender of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. and his son Kerwin otherwise a SHOOT-ON-SIGHT order would be given against the suspected father and son DRUG LORD tandem.

NARCO POLITICS?

Duterte gives Leyte mayor 24 hours to surrender over alleged drug links

Duterte gives shoot to kill order against Leyte town mayor Espinosa for drugs (politicss.com.ph)

Shoot-on-sight.

President Duterte called on Mayor Ronaldo Espinosa Sr., of Albuera, Leyte and his son, Kerwin Espinosa, to peacefully surrender to lawmen or face the full wrath of the law.

“Today, President Rodrigo R. Duterte demanded the surrender of Mayor Ronaldo Espinosa Sr., of Albuera, Leyte and his son, Kerwin Espinosa, on the grounds of drug-trafficking and coddling, within 24 hours,” Duterte said speaking thru Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella.

“…otherwise an order of “shoot on sight” will be given if they resist and endanger the lives of arresting police officers,” the President added.

Duterte issue the statement as he presided a cabinet meeting at the Palace. THe President has waged an all-out war against illegal drugs.

Leyte mayor on leave as 5 in his staff caught with P1.9M shabu

4 other suspects escape, seek refuge in mayor’s compound

Robert Dejon   Inquirer Visayas  July 29th, 2016

ALBUERA, Leyte — Two bodyguards of  Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa and his three employees were arrested during a buy-bust operation on Thursday afternoon where at least P1.9 million worth of shabu were recovered.

Four other suspects managed to escape after they went inside the house of Kerwin Espinosa, the mayor’s son, and locked the gate, the police said.

The house of Kerwin is located inside a gated compound where his father also lives.

Chief Insp. Jove Espinido, Albuera police chief, said they had no authority to barge into the compound after the gate was locked.

“We want a fair fight. We don’t want martial law,” he added. He did not say what his next legal move would be to compel the Espinosas to surrender the suspects.

The buy-bust operation was conducted about 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, at the tennis court near the houses of the mayor and his son at Sitio Tinago, Barangay Benolho in this town.

The Philippine Daily Inquirer tried to reach Mayor Espinosa but was told that he had gone on leave since last week.

Arrested during the operation were two of the mayor’s bodyguards – Jessie Ocares, 34; and Marcelo Adorco, 40 – and his three employees – Jose Antipuesto, Jeffrey Pesquera and  Ernesto Dumalat.

Antipuesto, 36, who took care of the mayor’s fighting cocks, was the target of the buy-bust operation after the police received reports that he was selling the illegal substance, said Espinido.

He said a poseur buyer bought P300 worth of shabu from Antipuesto.

When the undercover policeman announced it was a sting operation, several men at the tennis court scampered in different directions.

But the joint team of the local police and the Regional Police Safety Battalion was able to collar Antipuesto and four others.

Although Ocares and Adorco were armed, they didn’t put up a fight.

Four men managed to escape by seeking refuge to the house of Kerwin.

Seized from Ocares were a .45-caliber pistol and a pack of shabu weighing 84 grams. A .45 caliber pistol and a packet of shabu weighing 121 grams were recovered from Adorco.

At least 14.8 grams of shabu were recovered from Antipuesto.

Pesquera, 39 and a native of Cebu City, also worked for the mayor as caretaker of his fighting cocks.  Shabu was also found in his possession.

Dumalat, 20, and another employee of the mayor, was caught with two small packs of shabu weighing 3.7 grams.

The suspects denied owning the shabu recovered from them.  All in all, the packets of shabu would reach P1.9 million in street value.

Adorco and Ocares said guns seized by the police were covered by licenses and a permits to carry firearms.

The five were detained at the Albuera police lock up cell pending filing of charges for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 (Republic Act 2002).

THE BODIES of three drug suspects—including a Chinese-looking man and woman accused of being drug lords—were found in Manila on Sunday.

At press time, the victims remained unidentified based on the reports of the Manila Police District’s homicide section.

The first body, that of a hogtied man whose head was wrapped in packaging tape, was discovered at 1:25 a.m. on the MacArthur Bridge in Lawton.

Cardboard message

PO2 Dennis Turla said that written on a cardboard left near the body was a message claiming that the victim was a snatcher, holdup man, burglar and drug pusher and urging other people not to emulate him.

The police described the man as fair-skinned, about 5’3 in height and in his 30s. He wore a red shirt, a pair of dark blue shorts but was barefoot.

At 3:30 a.m., a Chinese-looking man was found dead on the Zamora interlink in Sta. Mesa. He was in his early 30s and about 5’4 feet tall.

Shot six times

Dressed in denim pants, a black shirt and gray socks, the victim had been shot several times. “I’m a Chinese drug lord” was written on a cardboard beside his body. Six shells were taken from the crime scene, said PO3 Marlon San Pedro.

At 4:40 a.m., a woman with Chinese features was found in Intramuros. The victim believed to be in her 20s had been shot five times, said Turla. A cardboard sign beside her body said: “Chinese drug lord.”

The woman wore a blue striped shirt,  denim pants and pink shoes. Her hands were tied behind her with duct tape.

In his first State of the Nation address, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will name top executives in local government units (LGUs) who are financiers and/or protectors of the DRUG TRADE. Digong has previously identified three top drug lords (Peter Co, Herbert Colangco and Peter Lim) as well as five top Philippine National Police generals – PNP Deputy Director General Marcelo Garbo Jr., former National Capital Region Police Office chief Director Joel Pagdilao, Western Visayas regional director Chief Superintendent Bernardo Diaz, Quezon City Police District director Chief Superintendent Edgardo Tinio and retired Police General Vicente “Vic” Loot. Retired PNP General Loot is now the mayor of a municipality in Cebu thus also qualifying him as a LGU executive in the DRUG TRADE.

President Duterte and PNP Chief “Bato” Dela Rosa previously mentioned that at least 35 city and municipal mayors and/or provincial governors are involved in the DRUG TRADE. Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr. and four other municipal mayors (Navarro, Gutierrez, Yap and Mahilac) are the suspected kingpins in their respective city and municipalities as well as in the province of Misamis Occidental and the whole of Mindanao island. PNP General Garbo is the pinpointed top TRIAD drug protector. Asian Triad Mindanao boss and Kuratong Baleleng leader Herbert Colangco, currently jailed in Bilibid Prison, is romantically involved with Nova Princess Parojinog, the Ozamiz City vice mayor. She is the daughter of the mayor and niece of Councilor Ardot Parojinog, the mayor’s brother.

In Iloilo City, Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog is the suspected city drug protector. He currently faces charges of UNEXPLAINED wealth. He is a second cousin of Senate President Franklin Drilon. He was the top Liberal Party city campaigner for the Mar Roxas Leni Robredo ticket. In their full YELLOW uniforms, then President Aquino, Mayor Mabilog and Mar Leni posed for an endorsement photograph that went viral.

In Metro Manila, Quezon City may play prominently in the Presidential SONA speech since former National Capital Region Police Office chief Director Joel Pagdilao was a Quezon City Police Department chief before his promotion to head the Metro Manila police force. Police District director Chief Superintendent Edgardo Tinio was assigned as QCPD head until he was relieved from office by the Duterte Administration. Mayor Herbert Baustista (drug protector or simply incompetent?) could be negatively mentioned since Quezon City has one of the highest drug rates in the Philippines. #PNP #WarOnDrugs #Duterte2016 #SONA2016

On the local government unit (LGU) level, Ozamiz City mayor Reynaldo “Aldong” Parojinog Sr., is reportedly the “father-in-law” of Mindanao Island TRIAD top brass Herbert Colangco. Mayor Parojinog’s daughter, Nova Princess, is the city vice mayor while the mayor’s brother, Ardot, is an Ozamiz City councilor. Mayor Parajinog and Councilor Parajinog are also suspected drug lords in Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental Province and the whole Mindanao Island. Vice Mayor Nova Princess is romantically involved with singer, Kuratong Baleleng leader, holdup/murder suspect and Bilibid Prison musical band sensation Colangco who was personally PINPOINTED by President Duterte as among the top DRUG LORDS in the Philippines.

In time for the SONA event, we are featuring Nova’s expensive bag collection. Please take note that a strict business suit attire is expected for female attendees with the traditional long gowns not allowed for the first time in the SONA’s history so as to focus on the problems of the nation and not on the distraction of a Hollywood style walk on the red carpet. #Duterte2016 #ChangeIsComing #ChangeIsHere

Share Share Share – Breaking News: A picture is worth a thousand words. Bakit kaya mas PROTECTIVE si De Lima sa mga KARAPATAN ng mga KRIMINAL kaysa sa pagtulong sa mga BIKTIMA ng mararahas na mga KRIMEN sa ating bansa? Relax lang kayo idaan natin sa Due Process – Delimaw HALIMAW. PHOTO: Drug Lord Protector now senator De Lima� with Ozamiz City ‘DRUG LORD’ Mayor REYNALDO Parojinog Sr. and his daughter Vice Mayor NOVA Princess Parojinog-Echavez na inuugnay naman kay Bilibid prisoner at Duterte-named Asian drug TRIAD top brass, Herbert Colangco. Like Like Like —–>>>>> Duterte

President Duterte will reveal another PNP general aside from the 5 (Garbo, Pagdilao, Tinio, Loot and Diaz) previously mentioned ones. City mayors will be pinpointed as well. The names of four mayors in this article were supplied by sources in the communities themselves (in the province of Misamis Occidental).

President Duterte warned city mayors, Chinese nationals, PNP and BJMP personnel in relation to his unrelenting campaign against drugs. The former Davao city mayor named 5 police generals as the protectors of drug lords. He also named the top personalities involved with the Asian drug TRIAD. Bilibid prisoners Peter Co (in charge of Luzon and Metro Manila) and Herbert Colangco (in charge of Mindanao) allegedly run the illicit trade while confined at the national penitentiary. Peter Lim alias Jaguar, in charge of the Visayas and a Chinese national, is reportedly out of the country. Retired PNP General Marcelo Garbo is said to be a level 5 TRIAD member while the rest of the previously named generals and still to be named PNP officers are lower in the TRIAD organizational chart.

On the local government unit (LGU) level, Ozamiz City mayor Reynaldo “Aldong” Parojinog Sr., is reportedly the father-in-law of Mindanao Island TRIAD top brass Herbert Colangco. Mayor Parojinog’s daughter, Nova Princess, is the city vice mayor while her brother Ardot is an Ozamiz City councilor. Mayor Parajinog and Councilor Parajinog are the suspected drug lords in Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental Province and the whole Mindanao Island. Others in the picture are municipal/town mayors in the same province who are also suspected drug lords in their respective jurisdictions.