Two of the 10 kidnapped suspects Ronald
Luzon
and Jovencio Luzon arrested by the Joint
government
operatives. (Photo by JONG CADION)
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By HIROHITO D. CADION
PAGADIAN CITY,
Zamboanga del Sur, Jan. 27 (PNA) – Combined police and military forces have
arrested Sunday in separate operations 10 people who were responsible in the
kidnapping and killing of a businessman’s son of Labangan town, this province.
Provincial police
director Senior Supt. Sofronio Ecaldre announced Monday that five of the 10
suspects were separately arrested in Labangan, this province, while the other
five in Balabagan, Lanao del Sur.
Arrested in Purok
Manga 2, Barangay New Labangan, Labangan town were the following: Ray Mansa,
43, his wife, Lucita, 39; Ronald Luzon, 30; Jovencio Luzon, 45; and Hamedi
Balatocal, 26.
Recovered in Balabagan the Corpuz’s
motorcycle
and the motorized banca they used in
transporting
the victim from Zamboanga del Sur to
Lanao del Sur.
(Photo by JONG CADION)
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Ecaldre said the Labangan-based suspects were arrested following the arrest of Balatocal in an entrapment operation as he was tasked by the kidnappers to pick up the P150,000 cash they have demanded from the victim’s family.
Ecaldre said that the
Labangan-based suspects except for Balatocal have standing warrant of arrest
for kidnapping and illegal possession of firearms that stemmed from the case
filed against the for the kidnapping of Edmund Corpuz, 31.
Corpuz, whose family
owns vast track of rice field and a rice mill in Labangan town, was kidnapped
on November 27, 2013.
Ecaldre said that
through the revelation of Balatocal, the combined police and military arresting
team were able to arrest in a follow up operation the other five suspects in
Barangay Molimok, Balabagan, Lanao del Sur.
They were identified
as follows: Danny Luzon, 42; Dante Mangubat, 42; Sergio Cabana, 48; Efren
Sisiban, Jr., 21; and Efren Sisiban, Sr., 51.
Ecaldre said the
arresting team has recovered in Balabagan the Corpuz’s motorcycle and the
motorized banca they used in transporting the victim from Zamboanga del Sur to
Lanao del Sur.
However, Ecaldre said
the suspects revealed during the investigation that they have killed Corpuz
last January 2 and the victim’s body was thrown in Yllana Bay.
Ecaldre said it was
possibly the suspects have killed the victim since four of them are known to
the Corpuz family since they were just neighbors in Labangan town.
Ecaldre said that
investigation further revealed that the kidnappers were able to collect closed
to P500,000 in several installments from the Corpuz family since the time the
victim was kidnapped.
The suspects are
detained at the police provincial headquarters in this city as appropriated
criminal charges are being readied against them, Ecaldre said. (PNA)
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The arrival of joint government operatives From
their
operations against the kidnappers.(Photo by Jong
Cadion)
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