By George Trillo
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – Land dispute is now being eyed as root cause behind the slaying of San Manuel Vice Mayor Reynaldo Malazo.
Chief Supt. Errol Pan, Central Luzon police director told local newsmen Task Force Malazo has been formed by Senior Supt. Rudy Lacadin, Tarlac provincial police director to investigate and identify the killers of Malazo.
On Oct 25, Malazo, 64, and his bodyguard Romeo Barrientos, 47, were shot dead by three motorcycle riding men along Mac-Arthur highway in Barangay Salcedo, San Manuel, Tarlac.
Pan said the task force was composed of Tarlac police, Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit, PNP Crime Laboratory and Provincial Intelligence and Investigation Division and will be headed by Supt. Florentino Torres, deputy director for operations of the Tarlac police.
Initial investigation showed land dispute could be behind the killing of the vice mayor, he said.
Pan ordered the task force to dig deeper and look for possible angle of old political rivalry.
At about 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 25, Malazo and his aide arrived in his residence from a wedding party they attended in San Jose City, Nueva Ecija, when they were fired upon by the suspects.
The victims were on board a white Mazda van (XZD 637) driven by Malazo with five companions including Barrientos.
Police said the four other companions of Malazo were sitting in the middle of the van.
Police said three unidentified armed men riding on tandem shot Malazo and Barrientos.
The gunmen reportedly fled on board an unlicensed Honda Wave motorcycle.
Malazo and Barrientos were rushed to a nearby hospital but were declared dead on arrival.
The victims were immediately rushed to the Carmen Rosales Hospital by the responding police but they were pronounced dead on arrival by the attending doctor.
Police said Malazo was shot five times while Barrientos got three in different parts of their bodies.
Recovered from the crime scene were three tilted slugs and eight spent shells of Cal.45 pistol.
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