MANILA — Pangasinan Rep. Amado Espino Jr. personally denied his involvement in illegal drugs to President Duterte in a meeting at Malacañang last Tuesday.
The former Pangasinan governor was named in a so-called "drug matrix" presented by President Duterte last week to illustrate the network of government protectors for drug lords inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP), allegedly led by Sen. Leila de Lima.
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