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AFP News - 17 hours ago


Palawan ex-governor Joel Reyes and Coron Mayor Mario Reyes, suspects in the murder of broadcaster Gerry Ortega, are officially fugitives, Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo said.

In a text message to Yahoo! Southeast Asia, Robredo said the Department of Interior and Local Government launched the manhunt early Thursday morning "when we were informed that the Reyeses will not surrender contrary to initial information that they might."

The manhunt is being conducted by DILG-Office of Internal Security. They are coordinating with the police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, Robredo said.

In a recorded message aired Thursday morning, the former governor said he will not surrender but he would face the charge against him at the proper time.

He said he was in hiding "not to run away from justice but in order to avoid the persecution, ridicule and accusations that are being thrown at me without basis."

Mayor Reyes, has been on leave of absence from his duties as Coron town mayor, Robredo said. Now that he is a fugitive from justice, that leave will be recalled.

"We will use all resources available to secure the arrest of the Reyes brothers," Robredo told Yahoo! Southeast Asia.

The Reyeses are suspected of being behind the death of Ortega, who was gunned down in Puerto Princesa City in January last year. Ortega had been critical of the former governor for Reyes' perceived inaction against mining companies breaking environmental laws.

Marlon Recamata, the alleged gunman was caught right after the shooting and confessed that he and his group had been paid P150,000 for the hit. Rodolfo Edrad Jr., Reyes' bodyguard, claimed that he organized Ortega's murder under orders from the former governor.

A Justice Department panel already ordered the charges against the Reyeses. The panel also accepted new evidence including text messages between Edrad and ex-governor Reyes before and after the murder.

A Palawan court issued arrest warrants for the Reyeses and former provincial administrator Romeo Seratubias last Tuesday.

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Re: Robredo: Ex-governor, Mayor in Ortega slay officially fugitives
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2012, 10:48:57 AM »
Good Job Secretary  Jesse Robredo. I hope that these men are arrested and brought to court and face justice for their crimes. We must put an end to these extrajudicial killings!

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Re: Robredo: Ex-governor, Mayor in Ortega slay officially fugitives
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2012, 11:15:55 AM »
Marlon Recamata, the alleged gunman was caught right after the shooting and confessed that he and his group had been paid P150,000 for the hit. Rodolfo Edrad Jr., Reyes' bodyguard, claimed that he organized Ortega's murder under orders from the former governor.

A Justice Department panel already ordered the charges against the Reyeses. The panel also accepted new evidence including text messages between Edrad and ex-governor Reyes before and after the murder.

Hmm, morag bug-at ra ba ang evidence against the suspects...

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Re: Robredo: Ex-governor, Mayor in Ortega slay officially fugitives
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2012, 11:21:03 AM »
Too many of our fellow Filipino journalists get killed for nothing. Some politicians even send a "hit out" for journalists for supposed "libel" charges. That is too ridiculous. One can really see the morality and ethics of these politicians to put more importance in their "Political credibility" than on the lives of "investigative journalists".

Ka grabeh ra pod ang Pilipinas.

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Re: Robredo: Ex-governor, Mayor in Ortega slay officially fugitives
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2012, 10:13:26 PM »
Not a new phenomenon at all. What's new is the support of the reflex action to oppose it.

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Re: Robredo: Ex-governor, Mayor in Ortega slay officially fugitives
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2012, 01:58:30 AM »
Yes, Bai Hubag. Let us hope that in the future our country will be free of these horrendous extrajudicial killings...

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