By Ronron
May 30, 2007
Two suspects behind the killing of a peasant leader in Misamis Oriental province last year are now in the hands of police, a Philippine National Police (PNP) official reported Wednesday.
Director Geary Barias, chief of the PNP Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM) and commander of Task Force USIG, said Rene Lopez, alias Mar, and Rey Hilogon, alias Gordon, have been arrested for the killing of Nestor Ladica on July 26, 2006 in Salay town.
The Misamis Oriental police said Hilogon fell earlier in the hands of authorities a few months back, while Lopez was just last May 25th in Balingasag town of said province.
The two are identified as local commanders of the New People’s Army (NPA) in northern Mindanao.
A third suspect, who is believed to be an NPA hitman but is yet to be identified, remains at large.
Ladica, whom police said is a member of the Misamis Oriental Farmer’s Assocation, was shot dead by three suspects inside his residence in Barangay Looc in the evening of July 26 last year.
Police suspect that his killing has something to do with his former alliance with the communist movement, being a former active member of the NPA and having held sensitive positions in the Regional and Provincial Party Committees of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
The Ladica slay is part of the 116 militant killings and 26 journalist killings currently being investigated by Task Force USIG./DMS
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