Leyte Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa (L) talks to Philippine National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa, at Camp Crame in Manila, in August 2016.
Manila (AFP) - A Philippine mayor President Rodrigo Duterte named as being involved in the illegal drug trade was shot dead in jail on Saturday, police said, the second local official implicated in narcotics to be killed in two weeks.
Duterte, 71, won May elections in a landslide on a promise to kill tens of thousands of criminals to prevent the Philippines from becoming a narco-state, and has launched an unprecedented war on drugs that has left more than 4,000 people dead.
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