Philippine police kill a Spanish surfer, Deportivo squad, in a drug operation

The Spanish surfer from 32 years old I died this Wednesday at the hands of the police in the Philippine island of Siargao, according to police sources in the course of a drug operationHe was not a professional in that sport nor was he linked to the Spanish Federation.

The deceased is Diego Bello Lafuente, temporarily residing in Siargao, an island located 800 kilometers southeast of Manila and very popular with surfers, where I had various related businesses With tourism

After hearing about the event, from the Federation they were interested in the identity of the surfer, in whose social networks he appears as a practitioner of the SUP (paddle surf) modality. “We have no knowledge that it is close to the federative world,” they said. The young man had also militated in the quarry of Deportivo de La Corua during the years 2001 and 2003, and had been an image of the club's subscriber campaign in 2017.

The Philippine police affirms that Bello was a “high value drug dealer” what I had 10 grams of cocana on top and 30,000 Philippine pesos in marked bills (600 dollars) and value the action as a “successful operation in the fight against drugs. “

After being shot, Bello was taken to the hospital, where his death was confirmed, according to the spokesman of the Regional Police of Surigao del Norte, Reynel Serrano. “It was an operation in legitimate defense,” said Serrano, who said that Bello was carrying a 45 caliber gun and shoot the agents first.

Human rights organizations have denounced that the Philippine police falsify evidence to justify extrajudicial executions in the bloody war on drugs that began three years ago under the mandate of president Rodrigo Duterte.

The United Nations and human rights defenders have criticized the climate of impunity of the anti-drug campaign in which some 30,000 people have died, the majority in extrajudicial executions at the hands of the police.

The police have admitted to killing about 6,700 suspects in raids, although they claim that they all resisted arrest.