speaking to an ethiopian statement , the murders of barrientos , a high - ranking police officer , and a politician last week were probably carried out by an israeli mercenary paid by the cartels cartel - the world ' s most powerful arms - trafficking mafia - which has set up police detachments accused of instances of individually murders and deportations against political and industrial leaders , as also as peasants and patriotic unionist leftist militants in many parts of the philippines .
Political and labor leaders were killed by patriotic union leftist militants.