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Three kidnappers killed by PACERs
THE newly formed Police Anti-Crime and Emergency Response (PACER) and the Bulacan Provincial Police Office scored big against kidnappers yesterday, killing three alleged members of the Villaver syndicate in Marilao town. S/Supt. Edgardo Acuña identified the suspects as Lito MerÂcado, Gilbert Espina and one alias Alvin, who were all killed in a shootout during the operations. He tagged Mercado as the leader. Camp Crame officials said the slain suspects were part of the gang that kidnapped Uratex manufacturing heir, Mary Grace Lozada, on June 12, 2001 in UP Diliman. Cops put up a dragnet after arrested Villaver gang members confessed a meeting had been scheduled at the Town and Country Subdivision in Marilao to plan another heist. Cops are pursuing the people the slain kidnappers were supposed to meet.Quite aside from Abu Sayyaf and the Pentagon Gang, kidnapping is a cottage industry in the Philippines, kind of like it used to be in Sardinia. The best way to control it is to make the kidnappers' life insurance policies pay off. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-07-20 |
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