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Monday, April 23, 2018

Cops arrest Lapad, et al in La Union; Ardot escapes dragnet in Bukidnon

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OZAMIZ CITY— Finally, the circulated story has been confirmed as Lingayen police said they have arrested the aunt of the late Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr., her husband and their son last April 19.

Pangasinan police said they have in detention Councilor Rizalina “Peque” Francisco, husband Manuelito alyas “Maning” or “Lapad” and son, June, ex-chieftain of San Roque, after they were stopped at a checkpoint at Brgy. Bangcusay, San Fernando City.

Police C/Supt. Romulo Sapitula, Ilocos police regional director, said the Franciscos had come from Vigan City in Ilocos Sur and Pagudpud town in Ilocos Norte, and were on their way back to Metro Manila in a rented Toyota Innova when they were stopped.

According to a PNP briefer, the Francisco couple was facing cases for illegal possession of firearms and explosives.

Maning was marked as one of the organizer and planner of the dreaded Parojinog-Kuratong Baleleng Group which had been linked to cases of robbery, extortion, drug trafficking and contract killing.

Another briefer stated that Francisco and his gang is known for its complex and advanced carnapping schemes in which expensive cars are stolen and released to the blackmarket.

Earlier, television reports have said the Franciscos fled to Metro Manila after a police raid in their house where guns and explosives were recovered.

A PNP report released last year said the Franciscos transferred from one place to another knowing they were being hunted by the police.

Sapitula added the Parojinog relatives were with six other people in the car when arrested.

The police chief explained the couple did not know their company and they just invited those people to join them for the trip in their rented car, possibly a way of removing suspicions that they were fugitives.

A warrant of arrest against the Franciscos was issued by Presiding Judge Edmundo P. Pintac RTC 10th Judicial Region Br. 15, Ozamiz City, here, last Feb. 6 for violation of RA 9516.

In related news, an arrested village chief of Kinawe, Libona, Bukidnon town, is suspected to have coddled Councilor Ricardo “Ardot” Parojinog who has gone into hiding after the death of his brother and is now declared wanted by police.

SPO4 Noel Oclarit, CIDG-Northern Mindanao chief investigator, said they arrested Cherry Barros and 18 others last Saturday.

A joint team of police and military operatives served the search warrant for Barros but were fired upon as they were about to enter the Barros compound located in Zone 3, Kinawe.

A firefight ensued that lasted for almost an hour and only when they ran out of bullets that the armed men surrendered to the authorities.

Three soldiers were wounded in the confrontation, while 19 individuals were apprehended along with various types of firearms and ammunition confiscated at the crime scene.

Cherry’s husband, Tarcisio and a still unidentified person were said to have escaped following the firefight.

Oclarit said the two persons who escaped during the raid were possibly hit and also wounded since responding agents saw a trail of blood on the ground.

He added that they are “still in pursuit of the suspects who got away.”

A Bombo Radyo report dated April 21 has identified the unidentified person as Ricardo “Ardot” Parojinog, basing its report from CIDG Cagayan de Oro Team head Supt. Melgar Devaras who acted on a tip that Parojinog had been staying at the Barros compound, though they could not verify yet if he was one among those who managed to elude arrest.

Oclarit said its true and definite most of the suspects they arrested have corroborated they are members of the Kuratong Baleleng and have, in fact, come from Ozamiz. (BY MICHAEL MEDINA, MISAMIS NEWS DIGEST

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