Alejano says drug lords may have teamed up with terrorists

Have drug lords and terrorists joined forces against the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte? A rebel soldier-turned-congressman believes this is possible. “I have not come across such info but it’s a possibility,” Magdalo party-list Rep. Gary Alejano said Saturday. “Criminal activity like kidnapping could be a sister to drug dealing. All criminal [like] easy money-making schemes. It could be true even to warlords, rebels,” said Alejano, a former Marine captain who was among 300 junior officers who staged the Oakwood hotel mutiny in 2003 during the Arroyo administration. Duterte, 71, a former Davao City mayor, certainly has no shortage of enemies when it comes to both drug bosses or terrorists. The tough-talking Chief Executive is leading a high-octane campaign against illegal drugs wherein around 2,000 people have already died in just a span of two months. Duterte is also determined to finish off  the Sulu-based Abu Sayyaf  bandits which in [...]