Suspect in slay attempt on congresswoman falls
May 6, 2004 | 12:00am
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna One of the suspects in the failed assassination attempt on Mindoro Occidental Rep. Josephine Sato last March was arrested by a combined military-police task force last April 29.
Roderick Tolentino, 32, alias Masong and Derek, was presented to the media here by Chief Superintendent Alejandro Lapinid, police director of Mimaropa (Marinduque, Mindoro, Romblon and Palawan), six days after he was arrested in Barangay Poblacion, Sta. Cruz, Mindoro Occidental.
Lapinid said Tolentinos arrest followed a month-long surveillance since the slay attempt on Sato last March 3 in Barangay Alakaak, Sta. Cruz town. Sato was hit in the head but survived the attack.
The New Peoples Armys Lucio de Guzman Command claimed responsibility for the attack
Tolentino, who carried a P200,000 prize on his head, was positively identified by witnesses and two San Jose policemen assigned as Satos escorts at the time of the ambush.
Tolentino denied involvement in the ambush and his alleged link with the NPA, claiming that soldiers tortured him into confessing to the crime. Rene Alviar, Arnell Ozaeta, Jaime Laude and Ed Amoroso
Roderick Tolentino, 32, alias Masong and Derek, was presented to the media here by Chief Superintendent Alejandro Lapinid, police director of Mimaropa (Marinduque, Mindoro, Romblon and Palawan), six days after he was arrested in Barangay Poblacion, Sta. Cruz, Mindoro Occidental.
Lapinid said Tolentinos arrest followed a month-long surveillance since the slay attempt on Sato last March 3 in Barangay Alakaak, Sta. Cruz town. Sato was hit in the head but survived the attack.
The New Peoples Armys Lucio de Guzman Command claimed responsibility for the attack
Tolentino, who carried a P200,000 prize on his head, was positively identified by witnesses and two San Jose policemen assigned as Satos escorts at the time of the ambush.
Tolentino denied involvement in the ambush and his alleged link with the NPA, claiming that soldiers tortured him into confessing to the crime. Rene Alviar, Arnell Ozaeta, Jaime Laude and Ed Amoroso
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