(4th UPDATE) The Parojinogs are among those included in President Rodrigo Duterte's drug list, but they deny the allegations

MANILA, Philippines (4th UPDATE) – Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog and 14 others, including his wife Susan, brother Octavio Jr, and sister Mona, were killed in a police raid early Sunday, July 30. Also killed were Parojing’s wife, Susan, and son, Reynaldo, Jr.

Ozamiz City Vice Mayor Nova Parojinog Eschavez, Parojinog’s daughter, was arrested and was now in the custody of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) as authorities began processing the crime scene. Timoteo Pacleb said the Region 10 Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) together with Misamis Occidental Police Provincial Office and Ozamiz City Police Station were approaching the mayor's residence when Parojinog's men fired shots at the officers and triggered a shootout between the two groups. The CIDG in Northern Mindanao implemented six search warrants to the elder Parojinog and to his daughter Ozamiz Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog, Reynaldo Parojinog Jr. and Provincial Board Member Ricardo Parojinog. "The Parojinogs, if you would recall, are included in President Duterte's list of people involved in the illegal drug trade," presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said. READ: Maguindanao mayor in Duterte drug list, 9 others killed in clash with police

More than a week later, Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa was killed in an alleged shootout in his cell at the Leyte Sub-Provincial Jail in Baybay City.
Sixteen people, including Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr. and his wife, are killed in a police drug raid in Ozamiz City in the province of Misamis Occidental. The Parojinog family had been previously identified with their ties to the illegal drug trade, as well as the organized crime group Kuratong Baleleng.