The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency yesterday vowed to exhaust all available legal remedies against the resolution of the Department of Justice, which ordered the filing of criminal charges against three PDEA agents in connection with a shootout along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City last year.
MANILA - Criminal charges were filed Thursday against three Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives and four policemen in connection with the misencounter in February last year in Quezon City between the two units conducting separate drug busts. The Office of Prosecutor General Benedicto Malcontento said prosecutors have approved the filing before a Quezon City court of homicide charges against PDEA agents Khee Maricar Rodas, Jeffrey Baguidudol and Jelou Satiniaman for the death of Cpl. Eric Elvin Garado. Cpl. Paul Christian Gandeza, Lt. Honey Besas, Maj. Sandie Caparroso and Master Sgt. Melvin Merida are facing charges of direct assault for injuries suffered by PDEA agents Raymart Bayote, Prince Bernard Gallego, Brenson Sulang and Allan Capiral. The charges against PDEA agent Romeo Asuncion for the death of Cpl. Lauro de Guzman was dismissed "on the ground that the firearm and caliber used to shoot. was never identified. Also, none of the evidence bullets or the spen
State prosecutors have indicted three agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and four police officers over the botched anti-drug operation in February 2021 where four people died.
Department of Justice The Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved the filing of criminal charges in court against three Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents and four members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the Feb. 24, 2021 “misencounter” in Quezon City where three law en