Quezon City Regional Trial Court Homicide charges been filed before the regional trial court (RTC) against three agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in connection with the Feb. 24, 2021 “misencounter” with members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Quezon City where t
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Commission-on-Human-Rights The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) welcomed the filing of criminal charges against seven law enforcers in connection with the reported “misencounter” in Quezon City during an illegal drugs operation in 2021. "CHR believes that this indictment is a step forward in co
PDEA spokesperson Derrick Arnold Carreon (File photo) MANILA - The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) will exhaust all available legal remedies relative to the criminal charges filed by the Department of Justice's National Prosecution Service (NPS) against three PDEA operatives and four policers following the alleged misencounter in Quezon City in February last year. In a statement on Saturday, PDEA spokesperson Derrick Arnold Carreon said the agency stands by its Drug Enforcement Officers' (DEO) action on Feb. 24, 2021 when two separate anti-drug operations ended in a misencounter in front of a fast-food chain, killing two PDEA agents and two police officers. "In light of this resolution and after the conduct of its own internal investigation, the PDEA unequivocally stands behind the actions of its DEOs, that the actions of the PDEA agents in that fateful afternoon embody the agency's brand of professionalism and excellence," Carreon said. He said the PDEA
MANILA - Criminal charges were filed Thursday against three Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives and four policemen in connection with the misencounter in February last year in Quezon City between the two units conducting separate drug busts. The Office of Prosecutor General Benedicto Malcontento said prosecutors have approved the filing before a Quezon City court of homicide charges against PDEA agents Khee Maricar Rodas, Jeffrey Baguidudol and Jelou Satiniaman for the death of Cpl. Eric Elvin Garado. Cpl. Paul Christian Gandeza, Lt. Honey Besas, Maj. Sandie Caparroso and Master Sgt. Melvin Merida are facing charges of direct assault for injuries suffered by PDEA agents Raymart Bayote, Prince Bernard Gallego, Brenson Sulang and Allan Capiral. The charges against PDEA agent Romeo Asuncion for the death of Cpl. Lauro de Guzman was dismissed "on the ground that the firearm and caliber used to shoot. was never identified. Also, none of the evidence bullets or the spen