Superintendent Ferdinand Vero, chief of the Nueva Ecija CIDG’s 3rd Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit, identified two of those slain as Antonio Henobes, 29, and Georgie Ardales.
Vero said three of their cohorts were able to escape and are now being hunted.
"By far, this is our biggest accomplishment for 2006 in our campaign against hijacking and robbery-holdup gangs in Nueva Ecija," Vero said.
He said Director Jesus Versoza, CIDG chief, and Senior Superintendent Zoilo Lachica, CIDG-Region 3 head, ordered the crackdown on crime gangs preying on cargo trucks. — With Ric Sapnu, Cecille Suerte Felipe