CEBU CITY, Philippines — One of the suspects in the murder of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo was killed in a firefight with law enforcers in Bayawan City, Saturday night, March 4. Police
The high powered firearms and combat uniforms that were recovered in a plantation in Bayawan City. | Photos courtesy of the 11th IB/302nd Bde
“One suspect was killed in action last night during a firefight…During the hot pursuit operations, the joint elements of the PNP and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, we have located one suspect hiding in a plantation,” Pelare said in a press briefing on Sunday morning, March 5. Operatives from the 11th Infantry Battalion, 32 Military Intelligence Company, and PNP S.W.A.T recovered five assault rifles, 1 B40 with five ammunition, four bandoliers fully loaded with plates, one rifle case, 2 combat uniforms, a grey sweatshirt, and 3 pairs of combat boots.Moreover, he said that their investigation on the killing of the Negros Oriental governor and eight others is now making progress.
Information from the arrested suspects led them to the location of still unidentified suspect who was hiding in a plantation in Bayawan City.Pelare earlier identified the three suspects as Joric Labrador, 50, an ex-army and a resident of Cagayan De Oro; Joven Aber, 42, an ex-army ranger and a resident of Barangay Robles in La Castellana, Negros Occidental, and Benjie Rodriguez, 45, a native of Mindanao.
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