{"id":278041,"date":"2020-12-08T22:10:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T03:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=278041"},"modified":"2025-01-07T16:25:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T21:25:27","slug":"pnp-eyes-politics-among-motives-behind-laguna-town-mayors-slay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/12\/08\/pnp-eyes-politics-among-motives-behind-laguna-town-mayors-slay\/","title":{"rendered":"PNP eyes politics among motives behind Laguna town mayor&#8217;s slay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_278042\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-278042\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/los-baos-laguna-mayor-funeral-08-dec-2020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-278042\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/los-baos-laguna-mayor-funeral-08-dec-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/los-baos-laguna-mayor-funeral-08-dec-2020.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/los-baos-laguna-mayor-funeral-08-dec-2020-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-278042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">QUEST FOR JUSTICE. The remains of Los Ba\u00f1os, Laguna mayor Caesar Perez arrive at the municipal hall on Tuesday (Dec.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cytotec online <a href=\"https:\/\/doctorgreenwald.com\/Layouts\/OutboundEmails\/html\/cytotec.html\">https:\/\/doctorgreenwald.com\/Layouts\/OutboundEmails\/html\/cytotec.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> 8, 2020). The PRO 4-A (Calabarzon) said it is now looking at politics as among possible angles behind the killing. (PNA photo by Ivan Saldajeno)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Politics is among the angles being looked into by the police over the killing of Los Ba\u00f1os, Laguna Mayor Caesar Perez, a police official said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That (politics) is one of the possible motives but we have yet to check that,&#8221; said Brig. Gen. Felipe Natividad, director of the Police Regional Office (PRO) 4-A (Calabarzon), in Filipino in a press briefing in Camp Crame.<\/p>\n<p>He said CCTV footages were of no help as none captured the movement of the suspects.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy finasteride online <a href=\"https:\/\/doctorgreenwald.com\/Layouts\/OutboundEmails\/html\/finasteride.html\">https:\/\/doctorgreenwald.com\/Layouts\/OutboundEmails\/html\/finasteride.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Natividad added that they are in constant coordination with Perez&#8217;s family and staff to find his cellphone which may contain vital information.<\/p>\n<p>This came as they received information that Perez has been getting death threats after he was included on President Rodrigo Duterte&#8217;s &#8216;narco-list&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Natividad said police are still determining the weapon used in the incident, noting that the suspect seemed proficient and trained.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Given that it happened at nighttime, we can say with the distance of 26 meters, the gunman has good marksmanship. It seems the suspect is trained and is probably a gun-for-hire. The (bullet) fragments were actually recovered from the body of the mayor. We can say that it is a special kind of bullet but we have yet to determine its caliber,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Natividad, however, said they have yet to determine whether the act was perpetrated by a sniper.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We cannot yet conclude if it is a work of a sniper considering the distance and the lighting condition in the area. In terms of distance, 26 meters is a bit near,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>He added that there are three witnesses to the incident but were not able to identify the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Perez was gunned down by unidentified suspects inside the Municipal Hall in Barangay Timugan on Dec. 3. His remains would be laid to rest on Saturday.<br \/>\nHe succumbed to gunshot wounds in the head, trunk, and right shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>He was earlier included in the government narco-list, but he had repeatedly denied the accusation.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Perez\u2019s younger brother, Ruel, was gunned down by two motorcycle-riding suspects.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy super kamagra online <a href=\"https:\/\/doctorgreenwald.com\/Layouts\/OutboundEmails\/html\/super-kamagra.html\">https:\/\/doctorgreenwald.com\/Layouts\/OutboundEmails\/html\/super-kamagra.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Politics is among the angles being looked into by the police over the killing of Los Ba\u00f1os, Laguna Mayor &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":278042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-christopher-lloyd-caliwan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278041"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280315,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278041\/revisions\/280315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}