Fugitive caught after 22 years
A wanted man who has been on the lam for 22 years was finally arrested Monday night in Quiapo by the newly created special task force team of the Manila Police District (MPD).
Manuel Beanisa, 44, a native of Capiz, has three arrest warrants for robbery in band with double homicide, frustrated homicide and double frustrated murder, according to Chief Inspector Dominador Arevalo who heads the newly formed Task Force Katapat.
Beanisa is also one of the suspects in the slaying of Tapas, Capiz Vice Mayor Victor Garduce last year, Arevalo added.
Records showed that Beanisa was arrested in 1984 for robbery in band with double homicide and was incarcerated at the Capiz provincial jail. On
“My men have been casing him more than a month ago after an informant tipped him off. We also managed to secure his arrest warrants,” Arevalo said.
Beanisa was arrested by task force team headed by Senior Police Officer 3 Gener Presnedi while he was delivering longaniza – a type of sausage – near a mall in
“He first refused to go with the police, insisting that he was an innocent man. But during interrogation he broke down and admitted that he was an escapee,” Arevalo told The STAR.
Beanisa’s arrest is considered by the task force as its first major accomplishment after MPD director Danilo Abarzosa activated the task force.
The activation of Task Force Katapat is one of the recommendations made by retired police colonel Felicisimo Lazaro, Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim’s adviser on police matters.
The task force’s mandate is to go after suspects in high-profile crimes and to monitor the attendance and activities of perceived recalcitrant members of the MPD.
The task force is composed of seven retired police officers and 26 operatives, who shall be regularly reshuffled to prevent familiarity with their assigned police stations.
Abarzosa said the task force is “a blend of the best of the old and the new members of the
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