00:00A Baguio City court finds a police colonel guilty of homicide in a drug war case,
00:06rejecting the cop's excuse that the victim fought back or nanlaban.
00:10The conviction of Dante Lubos is only the fifth known drug war conviction
00:14out of the nearly 30,000 people killed during former President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war.
00:19On July 28, 2016, a buy-bust operation was conducted against Ryan Dave Almora in Baguio City.
00:26The police alleged Almora fired shots at the person posing as a buyer,
00:30prompting the latter to fire back at the victim.
00:33Almora sustained three gunshot wounds that caused his death, two on the chest and one on the abdomen.
00:39The court rejected Lubos' self-defense claim because evidence and testimonies of experts suggested
00:44Almora did not fire any shots and his hands did not contain gunpowder nitrates.
00:49Lubos was Baguio City's police head of the Central Intelligence Unit at the time.
00:54He is sentenced to imprisonment of 10 to 14 years.
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