5 salvage victims surface Ecija

By George Trillo

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – Five persons believed to be salvage victims were found in Nueva Ecija and Bulacan last week, police said. In his report here, Senior Supt. Napoleon Taas, Nueva Ecija provincial police director, said four male persons were found at the grassy lot in Barangay Sapang, Jaen, Nueva Ecija.

Taas said the victims were found by residents there and reported to police authorities last week.

The four victims described between 30 to 40 years old, wearing short and long pants and t-shirts.

All of them were hogtied with nylon rope with packaging tape on their eyes and mouth.

The victims bore gunshot wounds on their head and believed executed somewhere and later dumped there, said Taas.

The bodies were later identified by their relatives as Randy Valencia, taxi driver of Barangay Bagong Silang, Mar Tecson of Barangay Pollio and Jayson Reyes, of Barangay San Roque, all in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija and Efren Pimentel, tricycle driver of Barangay Imelda, Cabanatuan City.

The victims, according to police, were last seen at the residence of Victor Valencia.
Police also reported another unidentified body found along the road in Barangay Sto. Niño, Paombong, Bulacan on June 21.

The unidentified body was tied with plastic straw and wire in his neck with both hands and feet also tied.

The victim’s head was wrapped with packaging tape and has two gunshot wounds in the body.

Police said the victim might have been executed somewhere and dumped at the grassy lot to mislead the authorities.