Alleged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa has recanted his sworn statements implicating Senator Leila de Lima in Illegal drug trade activities inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) during her term as secretary of the Department of Justice (DOJ).
ALLEGED drug lord Kerwin Espinosa has recanted his sworn statements implicating Senator Leila de Lima in Illegal drug trade activities inside the New Bilibid Prison during her term as secretary of the Department of Justice .
The respondent claimed that the NBI filed the case to pressure him to cooperate and affirm in various courts his testimony given during the Senate hearings. With regard to De Lima, Espinosa has denied any dealings with her and claimed that he was only coerced to implicate her in the illegal drug trade activities inside the NBP.
Based on the complaint filed by the NBI, Espinosa together with several other respondents transacted several kilos of shabu through cellphone with several convicted drug lords running the illegal drug operations inside the NBI from 2011 to 2016.
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