TUGUEGARAO , Philippines — An employee of a municipal mayor was bludgeoned to death in Ilocos Sur on Saturday.
Carlito Ramos, 48, was driving a dump truck when he was reportedly waylaid by unidentified men in Sta. Cruz town.
Ramos, administrative officer of Sta. Cruz Mayor Virgilio Valle, had just ferried a group of villagers to a fiesta celebration when he was killed, according to town police chief Senior Inspector Mark Odilon Lagman.
Probers said Ramos’ body bore signs of a severe beating.
The victim was found under a tree in Barangay Sidaoen at around 7 a.m.
Police have yet to determine the motive for the killing.