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Pagadian bet shot dead

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March 8, 2004 | 12:00am
ZAMBOANGA CITY — A Pagadian City councilor who was running for mayor under the Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa party of presidential candidate Eddie Gil, was gunned down by two motorcycle-riding men yesterday morning.

Chief Superintendent Servando Hizon, Western Mindanao police director, said councilor Isidro del Socorro was walking near a hospital along Bana street when he was shot dead with a caliber .45 pistol.

Police are eyeing politics and a land dispute behind the killing. — Roel Pareño, Christina Mendez

A PAGADIAN CITY

BANA

CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT SERVANDO HIZON

CHRISTINA MENDEZ

EDDIE GIL

ISANG BANSA

ISANG DIWA

ISIDRO

ROEL PARE

SOCORRO

WESTERN MINDANAO
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