Metro Manila police arrested former Dinagat Island congressman Ruben Ecleo Jr in San Fernando, Pampanga on Thursday, July 30, ending a 9-year search for the fugitive who had been in hiding since 2011.
in San Fernando, Pampanga on Thursday, July 30, ending a 9-year search for the fugitive who had been in hiding since 2011.
Prior to his arrest, Ecleo was classified as the number one most wanted person in the arrest reward list of the Department of the Interior and Local Government . Then President Benigno Aquino III had offered a P2-million reward for information leading to his arrest.
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