Rash of Killings in Los Banos: Two Dead in Two Days
My sleepy hometown, once the unfortunate site of Mayor Sanchez's gruesome virgin fetishes, has recently been waking up to some Manila-style assassinations. Election jitters? That's the least of my worries.
From the news I'm hearing, one baranggay councilor was shot to death near the International Rice Research Institute while he was heading to work. According to my sources, little is known about any possible motives, and who the killer or killers were.
A day later, again in the early morning, another man, whose identity is unknown or unclear to those I spoke to (probably someone not from Los Banos), was found dead from bullet wounds not too far away from where the first man was found. Again, no knowledge of motives, or any eyewitness reports. It is also unclear at this point whether either man were related in any way.
I was told that the locals were afraid to speak to authorities, for fear of their own lives. Assassinations come to my sleepy hometown, we really are in desperate times.
Tags: Los+Banos, Philippines, killings, Laguna
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Hi Happy, Just wanted you to know that the Los Banos link is for the city of Los Banos in California. ;-)
Ever think about coming back to Philly?
Hi, Efren,
Well, you're more likely to get whacked there than you are here. In fact, death by blunt force trauma is the most common form of homicide in Philly.
But for other reasons -- Trader Joe's, the bike trails -- I like thinking about Philly as a better place.
Like Jessica said, Manila wears you out.
H
P.S. Thanks Agnes. Fixed the link.