BANTAY, Ilocos Sur – A second attempt on the
life of a 71-year-old government retiree from Ilocos Sur succeeded after he was
gunned down by motorcycle-riding men here Tuesday.
Police said the victim, Jaime Bueza, a former
member of the Joint Legislative-Executive Tax Commission, and his wife were on
their way home after attending an affair at St. Paul College here when they
were ambushed.
Bueza’s wife survived the attack.
Police said Bueza survived a similar attempt
on his life in the same place in Barangay Paing in January 2011.
He sustained several bullet wounds but his
19-year-old granddaughter Alyza Marie Soria, a student St. Paul College, was
killed.
Two suspects have been charged in the first
attack, a certain Jerry Corpuz and Pablito Busto, but both are still at large.
Politics is seen as one of the possible
motives in the attacks against Bueza, although police said these could be
linked to a supposed shooting incident involving him.
The Department of the Interior and Local
Government has placed Ilocos Sur in its watch list of 15 provinces where
violence could occur in the run-up to the 2013 midterm polls.
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