Search for missing cockfighters begins at lake in murder probe


Gruelling endeavour: Coast guard personnel preparing to depart to the site where the bodies of cockfighters were allegedly dumped, in Taal Lake off Talisay town, Batangas province, south of Manila. — AFP

Search teams arrived at a lake south of the capital Manila to look for dozens of cockfighters allegedly murdered by rogue police, the Justice Depart­ment said.

Fifteen police officers are under investigation over a spate of mysterious disappearances in 2022 in the cockfighting industry.

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