News in photo: Search warrant for Espinosa marked “Received” at 1100H, 7 hours after “shootout”
The search warrant for Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa was only asked to be marked received rather belatedly, at around 11 a.m. of November 5, 2016 by members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG). The mark received at 1100H Nov 5 /16 can be seen handwritten at the bottom of the search warrant. The alleged shootout between CIDG operatives and Mayor Espinosa occurred at around 4 a.m., of November 5, based on the spot report of the Philippine National Police. (Eagle News Service. Photo from Dan Pascua, Eagle News Service correspondent)