Now in Manila’s (Philippines) busiest city highway EDSA (site of 1986 People’s P
Ernest Barraquias Jr. | 24.08.2004 12:17 | Repression | Social Struggles
Pictures at EDSA
Ernest Barraquias Jr, is the President and majority owner of NuStaples Co. Ltd., one of the Philippines fastest growing small companies distributing mostly imported paper products nationwide. It also has government contracts. More witnesses expressed desire to testify but are still very scared for their lives.
Suspects and their collaborators inserted millions worth of methampetamine hydrochloride in the companies product boxes for scheduled & unscheduled deliveries to certain clients in certain cities. Stolen funds were also used to finance the suspects local drug trade.
In Context
The Philippines is recently ranked by a United Nations concerned agency as the 3rd biggest producer & exporter of "shabu" or methampetamine hydrochloride in the world after China and Myanmar. Seizures of the same drug in the country reached a peak & record-breaking 300million US dollars last year, prior to this year's national elections. The FBI considers the country a leading source of the instantly addictive drug becoming extremely popular in parts of the US, through the Filipino community. Locally, some officials developed new distribution networks to avoid conflicts (& detection) with other traffickers / drug dealers.
Contact Numbers of Mr. Barraquias – (63) 926-570-7970 /

Attached Files – Pictures & earlier Press Release
Ernest Barraquias Jr.
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