Ilocos Sur auditor, driver die in ambush

BANTAY, Ilocos Sur — The provincial auditor and his driver were killed during an ambush by car-riding gunmen along the national highway here yesterday afternoon.

Lawyer Agustin Chan Jr. and his driver, Alex Racacho, were reportedly on their way to the regional office of the Commission on Audit in La Union when unidentified men fired at their Toyota car in Barangay Taleb.

Eyewitnesses said the gunmen overtook Chan’s car and then peppered it with bullets. — Teddy Molina

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