List: Mayors & Vice Mayors ‘Killed’ Under Duterte Administration
Here is the list of mayors and vice mayors who were killed during the Duterte administration from July 2016 up to October 2018.
The increasing numbers of murdered mayors and vice-mayors have been the most controversial topics in the country.
About 17 elected public officials have already died in just three years since President Rodrigo Duterte took his office.
Some of those local officials were tagged in the illegal drug trade and listed on Duterte watch list.
Here is the list of mayors and vice mayors who have been killed:
- Vice Mayor Aaron Sampaga of Pamplona town, Cagayan – August 5, 2016
- Mayor Samsudin Dimaukom of Datu Saudi Ampatuan town, Maguindanao – October 28, 2016
- Mayor Rolando Espinosa of Albuera town, Leyte – November 5, 2016
- Vice Mayor Anwar Sindatuk of Datu Saudi-Ampatuan town, Maguindanao – November 27, 2016
- Mayor Mohammad Limbona of Pantar town, Lanao del Norte – December 30, 2016
- Mayor Arsenio Agustin of Marcos town, Ilocos Norte – June 3, 2017
- Mayor Joven Hidalgo of Balete town, Batangas – June 10, 2017
- Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog of Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental – July 30, 2017
- Vice Mayor Jackson Dy of Roxas town, Oriental Mindoro – September 23, 2017
- Vice Mayor Jonah John Ungab of Ronda town, Cebu – February 19, 2018
- Mayor Ronald Tirol of Buenavista town, Bohol – May 27, 2018
- Mayor Antonio Halili of Tanauan City, Batangas – July 2, 2018
- Mayor Ferdinand Bote of General Tinio town, Nueva Ecija – July 3, 2018
- Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan of Trece Martires town, Cavite – July 7, 2018
- Vice Mayor Al-Rashid Mohammad Ali of Sapa-Sapa town, Tawi-Tawi – July 11, 2018
- Mayor Mariano Blanco III of Ronda town, Cebu – September 5, 2018
- Mayor Alexander Buquing of Sudipen, La Union – October 1, 2018
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