RONALDO Lucas, the reelectionist vice mayor of Jones town in Isabela province, was shot and killed Wednesday by suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who had blocked his convoy while campaigning in a remote village in his municipality, police reports said Thursday.
Chief Supt. Wilben Mayor, spokesman of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the vice mayor’s convoy was stopped by around 100 armed men, who introduced themselves as part of the NPA’s “Camus Command” at around 11 a.m. while on their way to Brgys. Sta. Isabel, Dicamay 1 and Dicamay 2.
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