LOOK: Elmer Cordero and Wilson Ramilla, the remaining two drivers of Piston6, were released on Tuesday, June 9. Cordero was also able to post bail on Tuesday. Photos from Piston Facebook page CONTEXT:
FREED. Caloocan Representative Egay Erice visits the jeepney drivers, collectively known as Piston 6, before 4 of them were freed on June 8, 2020. Photo from Piston Facebook page
The 6 drivers including Cordero – Severino Ramos, Arsenio Ymas, Wilson Ramilla, Ramon Paloma, and Ruben Balyon – wereby the Northern Police District on June 2 for failing to practice physical distancing during a protest and supposedly resisting authorities.
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