Four young assassins shot dead another militant labor leader in the Calabarzon area past eight this morning. Killed on the spot was Andrew “Bok

Iñoza is also the chairman of party-list labor group Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) in the 1st District of Laguna and a council member of Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (Union of Filipino Workers - BMP) - Laguna.

Iñoza’s death came only a week after foreign businesses called the attention of the Arroyo government to stop political killings. It also came a week before the celebration of Andres Bonifacio’s Day, where big rallies are being planned in the Calabarzon area, in Manila and other urban centers around the country.

According to initial reports gathered by the BMP chapter in Laguna, Iñoza was on his way to work around eight o’clock in the morning when four assassins who were waiting for him along the Cataquiz II subdivision shot him at close range. He died on the spot after sustaining seven bullet wounds, two hitting his head. Nine empty shells were found at the crime scene. Iñoza’s body is now at Funeraria Alvarez in Bgy. Nueva, San Pedro Laguna.

Ronnie Luna, BMP chair in the Calabarzon area, condemned the killing and blamed the Arroyo government for failing to stop the spate of political killings in the country.

Luna describes Iñoza as one of the dedicated and promising labor leaders in the region, thus, his death is probably meant to threaten labor other leaders in the region by sending a chilling message that the Calabarzon area has indeed become a killing zone with the most number of labor leaders killed under the Arroyo regime.

“This is another case of political killing. With the growing number of unresolved cases of extra-judicial killings in the region and all over the country, Iñoza’s death just the same demands justice and we hold the Arroyo government responsible for this latest crime against the labor movement,