TACLOBAN CITY - Arrest warrants have been issued against nine policemen tagged in the killing of Calbayog City Mayor Ronald Aquino. Judge Cicero Lampasa of Regional Trial Court Branch 32 issued four warrants of arrest for Criminal Cases 9090, 9091 9092, and 9093, all for murder with no recommended
Nine police officers are set to face criminal charges over the killing of Calbayog City, Samar Mayor Ronaldo Aquino and some of his staff members in March last year
State prosecutors have found probable cause to charge nine cops for the killing of Calbayog Mayor Ronaldo Aquino and three others, and frustrated murder of his aide in March 2021.
MANILA - Nine police officers are set to face criminal charges over the killing of Calbayog City, Samar Mayor Ronaldo Aquino and some of his staff members in March last year. In a statement Thursday, DOJ spokesperson Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-VIllar said the panel of prosecutors conducting the preliminary investigation resolved to file criminal charges in court against Lt. Col. Harry Sucayre, Maj. Shyrile Tan, Capt. Dino Goles, Lt. Julio Armeza Jr., Staff Sgt. Neil Cebu, Staff Sgt. Edsel Omega, Staff Sgt. Randy Merelos, Cpl. Julius Garcia, Pat. Nino Salem and several John Does. They were charged for the murder of Aquino, his security aide Staff Sgt. Rodeo Sario, driver Dennis Abayon and passerby Clint John Paul Yauder, and for the frustrated murder of another security aide, Mansfield Labonite. In a Dec. 15, 2021 joint resolution released on January 19, the panel said Aquino and his aides were ambushed by the accused personnel in Labuyao Bridge, Calbayog City on March 8, 2021. The