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Policemen nab suspects in prosecutor’s murder
By Jennelyn Mondejar

SAN FABIAN, Pangasinan – Police here had arrested two suspects behind the killing more than a year ago of a graft investigator and prosecutor from this town.

Chief Insp. Chito Esmenda, town police chiefidentified the arrested as Benjamin Nuyda, 36, and Felipe Tamayo, 50, both residents of Barangay Cayanga this town for the killing of lawyer Alejo Dojillo.

Dojillo was on board a tricycle on his way to a bus terminal heading towards the Office of the Ombudsman where he worked when he was gunned down by two motorcycle-riding men. Dojillo was the graft investigator and prosecutor at the office of the Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon and a resident of Barangay Nibaliw Vidal here.

Esmenda said the suspects were arrested based on a warrant of arrest issued by Judge Genoveva Maramba of the Regional Trial Court Branch 44 in Dagupan City.

The suspects posted P40,000 each cash bond for their temporary liberty.

The case took a year before the issuance of the arrest warrant was made as the murder case filed at the office of Prosecutor Gonzalo Marata was downgraded to homicide.


Retired cop shot dead in Pangasinan town

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – A retired policeman was shot dead by two motorcycle-riding gunmen in Barangay Rajal, Balungao morning of Nov. 23, a report reaching the Pangasinan PNP provincial office.

The report identified the fatality as retired SPO4 Renato Manalo, 58, of Barangay Poblacion of said town and former chief investigator of Balungao PNP.

Initial investigation showed that the victim was with his daughter on board a motorcycle on their way to the residence of his live-in partner in Barangay Esmeralda when the victim was shot by two still unidentified suspects riding in tandem on a Honda 155 motorcycle.

The victim succumbed to bullet wounds in the body. The suspects were said to be wearing helmets during the incident. It was not reported whether the victim’s daughter was hurt during the attack.

Responding policemen were able to recover three spent shells and a slug of .45 caliber bullets at the scene.