The killing of Gonzaga, Cagayan Mayor Carlito Pentecostes appears to be the left's version of the political impunity that the blogger talked about before Ilokano writers during their annual convention at the Cabacungan Inn in month. (Most of the delegates came from Gonzaga, a few towns away to the east from Claveria, a seaside town.)
Leaflets were left by the killers to "justify" the killing, citing sand-mining in the town as the cause of the summary execution.
But a spokesperson of the Pentecostes' family said the killing was politically-motivated. He said that there was no longer sand-mining in the town. It was understood that before they kill anybody, the killers believed to be members of the New People's Army, would usually warn their quarry before they do their thing. They never warned the mayor, according to the spokesperson.
