http://news.sky.com/story/mayor-killed-i...s-10645435
Quote:A mayor jailed on drug charges has been shot dead in his cell after a reported gun battle with police in the Philippines.
Rolando Espinosa and fellow inmate Raul Yap apparently opened fire as officers looked for firearms and illegal drugs during a raid.
The mayor of Albuera in Leyte is the second local government executive on President Rodrigo Duterte's so-called "narco-list" killed during police operations.
Samsudin Dimaukom, a powerful mayor in Mr Duterte's home province of Mindanao, died along with nine of his guards in a shootout in October.
In the latest incident, a team from the criminal investigation and detection group had gone to issue a search warrant against the detainees.