Filipino autorities are investigating a claim that dosens of Cockfighter enthusiass who disappeared three years were killed and dumped in a volcanic lake.
At Least 34 MEN – WHO HAD BEEN ACCUSED OF FIXING COCKFIGHTING MATCHES – DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A Trace in the Capital Manila and Its Surrounding Provinces.
SIX SUSPECTS WERE LATER CHARGED FOR KIDNAPPING AND ON THERSDAY, ONE OF THESE CLAPIED IN A TV INTERVIEW THAT THE VICTIMS WERE STRANDled to Death and Dumped into Taal Lake, Which Surrounds An Active Volcano.
Cockfighting – Where People Bet on Roosters Battling to Death Using Bladed Spurs tied to their Feet – is a multi -Million industry in the philippines.
The men are accused of the being Involved in Livestreamed Cockfights, which were populared During the Covid Pandemic be in-Person matches be forced to shut. But this industry industry more Lucrative, Generating Some 620 Million Pesos ($ 10.8M; £ 8m) A Month in License Earnings for the Government.
A 2022 Senate Investigation Also Revealed that Daily Bets On Online Cockfights Ran Up to 3 Billion Pesos ($ 52.4M; £ 38.8m).
But after the disappearans of the men, the Livestreamed Fights – Known Locally As “E -Sabong” – Came Under Scrutiny and THEN President rodrigo duterte banned. Traditional Cockfighting is Still Legal in the Philippines.
On Thursday, Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla Told Reporters that Authorities WOULD LOOK INTO DIVERS TO LOOK FOR HUMAN REMAINS Under the lake.
“We can’t just let it pass and just let it go. We have to be respondsable enough to see the truth especilly in case like this,” he said.
Remulla Also Added That Authorities Wouuld Look into the New Development, Adding that they are looking into Finding more witnesesses.
Gambling is Legal in predominantly Catholic Philippins even thugh Church Leaders are against it in all its forms.
Some Online Gambling Operations Have Also Been Linked to Criminal Operations.
Last Year, Filipino Authorities Uncovered Massive Scam Centries and Human Trafficking Rings Hying Behind Online Casinos That Serve Mainse Chinese Clients.
This LED President Ferdinand Marcos to Outlaw the Online Casinos Known as Pogos or Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations.
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