A court in Samar has ordered the release of nine dismissed policemen charged in connection with the killing of Calbayog Mayor Ronald Aquino and his security escorts in March 2021.
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
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 9) Ronald Mark Aquino, son of slain Calbayog City Mayor Ronaldo Aquino, cried foul over the filing of two counts of murder against him for the deaths of police officers involved in the alleged ambush of his father in March.
At a Senate hearing on the mayor s killing on Wednesday, Samar Police Provincial Office head PCol. Oliver Cinco said the complaint was filed at the Calbayog City Prosecutor s Office on April 8, exactly a month after the crime.
The younger Aquino is accused of fatally shooting PSSg. Romeo Laoyon and PCpt. Joselito Tabada, chief of the provincial drug enforcement unit. His co-accused are PCpl. Ramil Rosales, his father s security detail, and several John Does.