President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the
Philippine National Police to "get the head" of the Magpali
gun-for-hire group allegedly using rogue policemen and military to harass or
liquidate political rivals ahead of the 2022 elections.
Duterte issued the directive after La Union Rep. Sandra Eriguel asked the President to probe the gun-for-hire group and the alleged assassination plot against her and two municipal officials.
"The Ilocos region police was ordered by Duterte to 'get the head' of the 'Magpali gun-for-hire group' tagged in numerous slays in La Union and reportedly with a down payment to assassinate a lawmaker and two more town executives in that province," Eriguel said in a statement.
"Catching the leader, dismissed police Col. Wilson Magpali, sources claimed, would lead authorities into the bottom of stemming the political killings in La Union way back in 2018," she added.
Eriguel made the statement after she learned an assassination squad was regrouping in La Union in a bid to kill her and two municipal mayors in the province.
She said the plot was uncovered by La Union police following the arrest of several members of the notorious Magpali assassination squad, composed mostly of police and military scalawags, on June 23, 2021.
"Sana po ay matuldukan na itong mga karahasan na hindi po kanais-nais. Nakakatakot po ngayon, na parang bagong Abra po itong La Union. Sana po ay hindi mangyari ang ganoon (Please help us put an end to this spate of violence. It is truly frightening - it is as if La Union has become the new Abra. We hope this will not come to pass)," Eriguel said.
"Nananawagan po kami kay Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte, kay PNP chief Gen. Eleazar at sa NBI para gumawa ng parallel investigation po dito (We are calling on President Rodrigo Duterte, PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar and the National Bureau of Investigation to conduct a parallel investigation)," she added.
Eriguel said the kill plot was reminiscent of the 2018 killing of her husband, former representative Franny Eriguel.
Aside from her husband, she said Balaoan Vice Mayor Alfred Concepcion and Sudipen Mayor Alexander Buquing were also murdered in 2018.
Eriguel and two other alleged targets of the Magpali gun-for-hire group asked for additional security details and upscaled security arrangements in La Union to thwart a possible wave of violence ahead of the 2022 polls. – Catherine Valente
Duterte issued the directive after La Union Rep. Sandra Eriguel asked the President to probe the gun-for-hire group and the alleged assassination plot against her and two municipal officials.
"The Ilocos region police was ordered by Duterte to 'get the head' of the 'Magpali gun-for-hire group' tagged in numerous slays in La Union and reportedly with a down payment to assassinate a lawmaker and two more town executives in that province," Eriguel said in a statement.
"Catching the leader, dismissed police Col. Wilson Magpali, sources claimed, would lead authorities into the bottom of stemming the political killings in La Union way back in 2018," she added.
Eriguel made the statement after she learned an assassination squad was regrouping in La Union in a bid to kill her and two municipal mayors in the province.
She said the plot was uncovered by La Union police following the arrest of several members of the notorious Magpali assassination squad, composed mostly of police and military scalawags, on June 23, 2021.
"Sana po ay matuldukan na itong mga karahasan na hindi po kanais-nais. Nakakatakot po ngayon, na parang bagong Abra po itong La Union. Sana po ay hindi mangyari ang ganoon (Please help us put an end to this spate of violence. It is truly frightening - it is as if La Union has become the new Abra. We hope this will not come to pass)," Eriguel said.
"Nananawagan po kami kay Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte, kay PNP chief Gen. Eleazar at sa NBI para gumawa ng parallel investigation po dito (We are calling on President Rodrigo Duterte, PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar and the National Bureau of Investigation to conduct a parallel investigation)," she added.
Eriguel said the kill plot was reminiscent of the 2018 killing of her husband, former representative Franny Eriguel.
Aside from her husband, she said Balaoan Vice Mayor Alfred Concepcion and Sudipen Mayor Alexander Buquing were also murdered in 2018.
Eriguel and two other alleged targets of the Magpali gun-for-hire group asked for additional security details and upscaled security arrangements in La Union to thwart a possible wave of violence ahead of the 2022 polls. – Catherine Valente
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