After dozens of fighting gallos fighting allegedly killed by the dishonest police in the Philippines, Case takes a new turn

The Secretary of Justice of the Philippines said Friday that he has requested Japan’s technical assistance to help the search for dozens of cockfight Participants allegedly killed by the Rogue Police and abandoned in a lake to southern Manila.

The case is linked to a series of mysterious disappearances in 2022 in the huge fighting industry of the nation of Southeast Asia, known locally as “Sabong.”

The interest in unresolved cases has increased since the televised appearance of a witness, since Julie “Dondon” Patidongan, a recent candidate for mayor, who claimed to know where the bodies in Lake Taal had been submerged.

The Secretary of Justice, Crispin Remulla, said Friday that he now had multiple witnesses who could “testify where (in the water) those missing persons were thrown.”

He added that a group of 15 unidentified national police officers was under investigation and put themselves in restricted service.

“They carried out the executions,” he said.

“I just signed a letter for the Japanese government asking for help to allow us to make a mapping of the lake bed and … another technology we need,” added Remulla.

“We need a scientific approach here. We can’t leave it randomly.”

Located about two hours south of the capital, Taal Lake is home to an active island volcano and covers more than 89 square miles with a depth of 564 feet in some places.

Patidongan initially appeared in Silhouette in an interview at the GMA local television store before revealing himself later, saying he feared for his life.

He has identified Charlie Ang, a man involved in live fighting operations, as the intellectual author behind the disappearances.

Ang has denied all the positions and on Thursday he filed a lawsuit accusing Patidongan, a former employee, slander, threats and conspiracy to commit robbery.

The Department of Justice made a series of arrests at the end of 2022 of the Police and the security staff allegedly involved with the disappearance of 34 participants of the rooster fight industry that Remulla said they were “probably dead.”

Since its televised appearance, Patidongan has affirmed that the real number could be as high as 100.

Filipinos from all areas of life bets on millions of dollars in matches every week among the roosters that fight to death with sharp metal spurs tied to their legs.

The sport, forbidden in many other countries, survived the restrictions of the coronavirus pandemic connecting online, attracting many more players who use their mobile phones to place bets.

An investigation by the 2022 Senate revealed that daily bets in the online roosters had a level of $ 52.4 million, the BBC reported. But after the men disappeared, the transmitted fights were subject to scrutiny and former President Rodrigo Duterte finally prohibited them, according to the BBC.

In 2020, a police officer in the Philippines was killed during a raid In an illegal rooster fight after the leaf of a rooster cut its femoral artery.

Gallos fighting operations have also recently headed in the United States.

Last month, more than 40 people were arrested after a The fighting ring broke In southern Florida.

Earl this year, Hundreds of birds They were sacrificed after a joint investigation led to their seizure of an alleged fighting operation in Kansas.

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