By
Liezle Basa Inigo
SAN NICOLAS, Pangasinan — The suspected
leader of a gun-for-hire syndicate was arrested by police who spotted him
roaming at a campaign sortie of reelectionist Mayor Rebecca M. Saldivar morning
of April 16 in Barangay Bensican.
Chief Insp. Arnold
Soriano, chief of police, said cops securing the area accosted Leonilo
Sarmiento, 43, married, and a resident of Quezon town, Nueva Ecija, together
with his companion Teodoro R. Vicente, 49, of Cabanatuan City, for suspiciously
roaming the area on a motorcycle while the mayor was conducting a house-to-house
campaign at 9:15 a.m.
A verification made by
police showed that Sarmiento is wanted for murder and has standing warrants of
arrest in Tarlac and Nueva Ecija. “We also learned he faces charges over the
killing of two ABC (Association of Barangay Captains) presidents in Region 3,”
said Soriano.
Peculiarly,
Sarmiento’s Yamaha R6 motorcycle (3264 GB) is registered to the Presidential
Security Group, said Soriano.
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