The barangay chairperson accused of dealing illegal drugs sourced from corrupt police officers has denied the allegations against her.
According to Ivan Mayrina's report on "24 Oras", Barangay 484 chairman Guia Gomez Castro also took a jab at the Duterte administration's war on drugs, saying suspects nowadays get killed even if there was no proof against them.
"Hindi ko alam kung saan saan nila pinagkukuha yang mga sinasabi nilang link sa akin. God knows ni hindi ko kilala yang mga yan," Castro said in a statement coursed through someone close to her.
“Kahit anong sabihin ko at depensang gawin ko hindi rin naman ako paniniwalaan ng mga taong hindi naman ako kilala dahil sa isip nila ay hinusgahan na nila ako,” she added.
“Kung ang pananahimik kapalit ng kaligtasan ko sampu ng pamilya ko, mas nanaisin kong manahimik hindi ko na priority ang iisipin ng iba kung guilty ako sa paningin nila so be it," Castro said.
"Iba ang sistema ngayon wala nang pagkakataong idepensa ang sarili bigla na lang babarilin ang tao ngayon kahit wala pang napapatunayan," she added.
The Bureau of Immigration has confirmed that Castro left the country recently because she had no pending warrant of arrest.
A barangay official said she went to the United States.
Castro won the chairperson's seat in Barangay 484 in the 2018 barangay elections.
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director General Aaron Aquino stood by the agency's information that Castro was buying drugs confiscated by corrupt policemen and bring them back into the market.
It was also alleged that the same policemen protect her by preempting anti-drug operations against her.
"Everything is intelligence based. So, kahit anong pag-defend niya sa sarili niya hindi niya made-defend talaga kasi lahat ng nakalap naming information ay binalidate at kinonfirm," Aquino said.
"Bumalik siya ng pilipinas at harapin niya lahat ng pinagagawa niya," she added. —NB, GMA News
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