Kerwin Espinosa will remain in jail as he is still facing other charges involving illegal drugs and money laundering
The September 2023 decision also noted the recantation of the Albuera mayor’s bodyguard and driver, who said that the firearms seized during the raid were not owned by the younger Espinosa, and that he had no knowledge of the matter.in a drug trade charge after Makati RTC Branch 65 granted a demurrer to evidence as the prosecution failed to establish elements of the alleged crime to sustain a conviction beyond reasonable doubt.
Espinosa was one of the detained individuals who accused then-senator Leila de Lima of receiving drug money. Hehis accusations in April 2022, saying that “any statement he made against the senator are false and was the result only of pressure, coercion, intimidation and serious threats to his life and family members from the police who instructed him to implicate the Senator into the alleged drug trade.
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