Duterte on Drugs Campaign: President Rodrigo Duterte accused Reynaldo Parojinog, mayor of the city of Ozamiz of having links with the illegal drugs trade. Reynaldo Parojinog, was killed with his wife and 10 others at his home as police served a warrant.
The policemen were fired on by the mayor's security guards, officials said.
More than 7,000 people are said to have been killed since Mr Duterte launched a war on the drugs trade in July 2016.
Police were serving an arrest warrant when they were "met with a volley of fire" by Mr Parojinog's security guards, officials said.
"The Parojinogs, if you would recall, are included in President Duterte's list of people involved in the illegal drug trade," Mr Duterte's spokesman, Ernesto Abella, said in a statement.
The slain mayor had earlier said Echaves and Herbert Colangco were lovers.
Colangco is a convict at New Bilibid Prison allegedly running a national drug distribution syndicate.
“The Parojinogs, if you would recall, were included on President Duterte’s list of personalities involved in the illegal drug trade,” Abella said.
A spokesman for the Parojinogs denied that there had been any exchange of fire and said the mayor's camp did not fire a shot.
Mr Parojinog's brother was also killed in the dawn raid in Ozamiz. His daughter, the city's vice-mayor, was arrested and faces charges relating to drugs offences, police said.
Officers recovered rifles, cash and illegal drugs at the address, according to provincial police chief Jaysen De Guzman.
Sources: photo credit: BomboRadyo Gensan
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