Look for 34 scores of the missing players on Lake Taal

The Philippine authorities are investigating that dozens of rooster fans, who disappeared three years ago, were killed and dumped into a volcanic lake.

At least 34 men who have been accused of consolidating roosters fight – disappeared without traces in the capital of Manila and her surrounding provinces.

Later, six suspects were charged with abduction, and on Thursday, one of them claimed that in a television interview that the victims had stifled to death and dropped into Lake Taal, surrounded by an active volcano.

Confrontation – where people are betting on roosters who fight death, using spurs associated with the legs – this is a multimillion -dollar branch in the Philippines.

Men are accused of participating in live battles that were popular during a pandemic when personal matches were forced to close. But it made the industry even more profitable, bringing about 620 million pesos ($ 10.8 million; 8 million pounds) per month’s profit for the government.

The Senate Investigation in 2022 also showed that the daily rates on Internet Bai numbered up to 3 billion pesos ($ 52.4 million; £ 38.8 million).

But after the disappearance of people, live fighting – local, known as “E -Sabong” – came under close attention, and then President Rodrigo Duterte eventually banned them. The traditional struggle for roosters is still legally in the Philippines.

On Thursday, Justice Secretary Krispin Remul told reporters that the authorities would consider the deployment of divers to look for human remains under the lake.

“We can’t just let him go and just let him go. We must be responsible to seek the truth, especially in such cases,” he said.

Remal also added that the authorities would consider a new development, adding that they were looking for more wit.

Gambling is legally Catholic Philippines, although church leaders are against all their forms.

Some gambling operations on the Internet were also linked to criminal operations.

Last year the Philippine authorities revealed Massive scams and rings of trafficking Hiding behind the Internet Casino that serves mainland Chinese customers.

This forced President Ferdinand Marcos to ban the Internet Casino, known as Pogos or Philippine offshore gaming operations.