<p>A mayor on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's list of local officials suspected to have drug links was killed by still unidentified gunmen on Friday, the latest high-profile killing in his war on drugs.</p>.<p>David Navarro, a town mayor in the southern island of Mindanao, was being transported by police to a prosecutor's office in Cebu City, in the central Philippines, when gunmen ambushed him and his police escorts, police said.</p>.<p>Navarro was arrested by the police on Thursday after he was accused of assaulting a massage therapist in Cebu.</p>.<p>Navarro was included in Duterte's updated list of "narco-politicians" which his office made public in March, ahead of the May 2019 mid-term polls.</p>.<p>Police said they have killed 6,700 drug dealers during shootouts in a war on drugs unleashed by Duterte more than three years ago, a campaign condemned by domestic and international human rights groups.</p>.<p>On October 14, the Philippines' police chief stepped down on less than a month before his retirement, after he was accused of involvement in "recycling" confiscated drugs, an allegation that could undermine the government's anti-narcotics campaign.</p>
<p>A mayor on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's list of local officials suspected to have drug links was killed by still unidentified gunmen on Friday, the latest high-profile killing in his war on drugs.</p>.<p>David Navarro, a town mayor in the southern island of Mindanao, was being transported by police to a prosecutor's office in Cebu City, in the central Philippines, when gunmen ambushed him and his police escorts, police said.</p>.<p>Navarro was arrested by the police on Thursday after he was accused of assaulting a massage therapist in Cebu.</p>.<p>Navarro was included in Duterte's updated list of "narco-politicians" which his office made public in March, ahead of the May 2019 mid-term polls.</p>.<p>Police said they have killed 6,700 drug dealers during shootouts in a war on drugs unleashed by Duterte more than three years ago, a campaign condemned by domestic and international human rights groups.</p>.<p>On October 14, the Philippines' police chief stepped down on less than a month before his retirement, after he was accused of involvement in "recycling" confiscated drugs, an allegation that could undermine the government's anti-narcotics campaign.</p>