Emilio Changco

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Emilio Changco
Emilio Changco in 1992 at the New Bilibid Prison
Died	1992 New Bilibid Prison
Criminal charge	Piracy

Emilio Changco was a pirate gang leader based out of Manila Bay in the Philippines. He specialized in piracy-for-order, where a client hires the Changco Gang to seize the ship, remove the clients cargo, and then sell the ship. Changco was eventually^[when?] captured and imprisoned by Philippine authorities. In 1992 he was killed by law-enforcement agents under circumstances which have been characterised as suspicious.^[1] Philippine government officials claim he was shot while trying to escape from the New Bilibid Prison, although the fact that he was disabled and used a cane raised suspicions about the official claim.