2017 Ozamiz police raid

At dawn of Sunday, July 30, 2017, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and the Ozamiz City police conducted a simultaneous raid in the house of the Parojinogs in Ozamiz and other associated properties, leaving 15 persons killed, including incumbent Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog and his wife. Another member of the Parojinog family died in the hospital three days after the raid. Parojinog is the third mayor to be killed during the course of country's war on drugs after Rolando Espinosa of Albuera, Leyte eight months prior and Samsudin Dimaukom of Datu Saudi-Ampatuan, Maguindanao nine months prior.

2017 Ozamiz police raid
Part of the Philippine Drug War
DateJuly 30, 2017 (2017-07-30)
Time02:30 (PST)
LocationOzamiz, Misamis Occidental, Philippines
TypePolice raid
Deaths16
Arrests
  • Nova Princess Parojinog-Echavez
  • Reynaldo Parojinog Jr.
  • Ricardo "Ardot/Patok" Parojinog
ChargesViolation of Sec 11, R.A. 9165; Sec 21, R.A. 10591 and Sec. 3-A, R.A. 9516
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