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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
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