'Salvage' victims found along Baguio road

BAGUIO CITY--  Two suspected victims of summary execution were found the other day along the Baguio-Naguillan Road in Burgos town, La Union.

The victims' remains were found near the public cemetery in Barangay Dalacdac, Burgos, about 20 minutes from Baguio.

The  victims,  who suffered multiple stab wounds were identified as Paul Palangdan, 29 and Apollo Palangdan, both from Bauko town in Mt. Province. 

The latter had a tattoo on his arm “Apollo Comando”. "Commando”  is known as a jail or detention cell gang.

It was unknown whether the victims were related to each other, but authorities said, the duo had just been released from the national penitentiary in Muntinlupa.

La Union police through Senior Insp. Valentino Abenojar of the Burgos police station said the duo were  dumped along a cliff in the  village along the national highway and a tricycle driver found him.

In September, villagers found two dead males along a ravine in barangay Ribsuan, Naguillan, La Union.  The two were also from Baguio City.

Another male cadaver was found along a grassy but dimly-lit location along the Baguio-Pugo road in Tuba, Benguet.