Reynaldo parojinog biography

Police raid in Ozamiz, Philippines

At dawn of Sunday, July 30, 2017, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and the Ozamiz City police conducted a simultaneous raid in the house of the Parojinogs in Ozamiz and other associated properties, leaving 15 persons killed, including incumbent Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog and his wife.

Another member of the Parojinog family died in the hospital three days after the raid. Parojinog is the third mayor to be killed during the course of country's war on drugs after Rolando Espinosa of Albuera, Leyte eight months prior^[6] and Samsudin Dimaukom of Datu Saudi-Ampatuan, Maguindanao nine months prior.^[7]

Background

Reynaldo Parojinog was among the persons named by PresidentRodrigo Duterte on August 7, 2016, for alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade.^[8][9] However, Parojinog has denied any links to illegal drugs.^[10]

Incident

On July 30, 2017, 2:30am (