THE lawyer of Albuera (Leyte) mayor Rolando Espinosa, who was shot dead inside his jail cell on Saturday, fears she may be the killers’ next target, and has sought the help of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC).

In a letter to VACC chairman Dante Jimenez, Leilani Trinidad Villarino said she did not feel safe, fearing she might suffer the same fate as Espinosa’s former lawyer, Rogelio Bato Jr., who was gunned down in Tacloban City (Leyte) on August 23. The unidentified gunmen also killed the teenager who was with Bato.

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