Kerwin Espinosa, once an alleged drug lord, now current mayoral candidate in Albuera, Leyte, was shot on his own campaign trail this afternoon

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It should be noted that Espinosa, once touted as “the biggest drug lord in Eastern Visayas” (the drug cases filed against him were dismissed by the RTCs in charge), had previously publicly expressed his approval for Former President Rodrigo Duterte’s ICC arrest last month. He talked about how Duterte “had it coming” and even mentioned that he would be willing to testify before the ICC.

Last year, Espinosa also alleged that Duterte had his father, Rolando Espinosa, the former mayor of Albuera, killed. Supposedly for being one of the mayors on Duterte’s narco-list. He even alleged that Senator Bato dela Rosa pressured him to confess to drug involvement and implicate the likes of Leila de Lima in the drug trade.