By Raymund Catindig
TUGUEGARAO
CITY – The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group filed criminal charges
yesterday before the Department of Justice against two police officers and the
bodyguards of a town mayor in Isabela over the ambush of a village chief and
three members of his family last week.
The widow of Montano Zipagan, Benita, and
five other witnesses identified the alleged assailants as Police Officer 3
Rogelio Cataggatan, PO1 Claramito Bibat and civilians Nelson Laggui, Ricky Boy
Bautista, Edzel Sibal, Rosito Bagunu Jr., Billy Buraga and former Marine
Melchor Mamauag.
The suspects were charged with four counts of
murder and two counts of frustrated murder before the office of provincial
prosecutor Felipe Jesus Torio II.
Initial
investigation showed that Zipagan was driving his car with his family from
Barangay Cansan when unidentified men wearing hoods opened fire with a
.45-caliber pistol and an M16 armalite rifle.
His daughter Joylin Mabbayad, 23; his niece
Jelaine Zipagan, 8, and granddaughter Aira Shane Zipagan, 12, were killed.
Benita and their one-year-old granddaughter Therese Joy Mabbayad were wounded.
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