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estimated 4 grams of shabu and two marked 100 pesos bills from the drug bust were recovered from Miras’s possession. 127 His family contested the police version of events, asserting that Miras had not sold any drugs to the police team, as he remained home prior to and during the incident, had not engaged in a firefight, and did not own any guns. Aaron Joseph Paular, August 3 Zamora Interlink, Santa Mesa, Manila Aaron Joseph Paular, 24, the father of a 3-year-old girl, found irregular work as a house painter. His relatives said he was an occasional shabu user, but was not listed on the neighborhood watch list as a known drug user or dealer. He had not received any warnings from local officials about his drug use. 128 On August 3, close to midnight, Paular was on his way to his girlfriend’s house to pick up his daughter when he encountered a group of about 20 armed men in civilian dress. 129 Witnesses to the encounter later told Paular’s relatives that the men, who the police report stated were police, asked Paular if he was “Ron-Ron,” and he answered that his name was Aaron. 130 One of the men then opened fire on Paular, wounding him in the shoulder, so Paular tried to run away and hide. Paular’s relatives said they arrived at the scene soon after the initial shooting but while he was still alive. They assert that Paular was unarmed and was trying to hide from the police. When the police found him, one shot and killed him. 131 According to the police report, a police officer conducted a “buy-bust” operation, purchasing shabu from Paular. 127 Bocaue Police Station, Spot Report on Armed Encounter During Anti-Illegal Drugs Buy-Bust Operation, July 27, 2016, (on file with Human Rights Watch). 128 Human Rights Watch interview with relative of Aaron Joseph Paular, Santa Mesa, October 22, 2016. 129 Ibid. 130 Ibid. 131 Ibid. LICENSE TO KILL 52
[T]he suspect sensed that he was being entrapped, as he noticed the presence of [another police officer] who was then serving as back-up. Immediately, Paular reportedly pulled out a gun and fired at [the officer’s] chest and then fled on foot. Fortunately [the officer] was wearing a bullet proof vest. A brief chase ensued and as Paular entered a shanty, he reportedly tried to take hostage a baby. However, before he can do that, police caught up with him and engaged in a shootout [killing him]. 132 Relatives contest this version of events and believe that the police planted the gun, grenade, and shabu they claim to have found in the aftermath of the shooting. 133 Angelo Lafuente, Benji, Renato Forio Jr., August 18 Barangay North Bay Boulevard South (NBBS), Navotas, Metro Manila Angelo Lafuente, 23, had spent time in jail for theft, but following his release in 2012 he had tried to stay out of trouble and ran a small electronic repairs business in his impoverished Manila neighborhood. 134 His father had recently been arrested for marijuana possession, and Lafuente had saved and borrowed 15,000 pesos (US$300) to get his father released, according to his relatives. 135 At about 4 p.m. on August 18, Lafuente was fixing electronics at his house when someone in the street yelled “Enemy!”, apparently signaling a police raid. 136 Two of Lafuente’s companions, Benji, 24, and Renato Forio Jr., 26, ran out of the house, but encountered outside two uniformed police officers, and four armed masked men in plainclothes who detained all three men. In the presence of his relatives, the police tied Lafuente and his 132 Itchie Cabayan, “Laborer busted for shabu shot dead for trying to take baby hostage,” Journal Online, August 3, 2016, http://news.anotao.com/link/ph/www.journal.com.ph/news/metro/laborer-busted-for-shabu-shot-dead-for-trying-to-takebaby-hostage. 133 Ibid. 134 Human Rights Watch interview with relative of Angelo Lafuente, name withheld, NBBS, October 24, 2016. 135 Ibid. 136 Ibid. 53 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | MARCH 2017
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