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Ilocos gun-for-hire gang head arrested

Jun Elias - The Philippine Star

CAMP DIEGO SILANG, La Union, Philippines – The suspected leader of a gun-for-hire group tagged in the killings of five barangay officials in Ilocos Sur is now in police custody, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said. 

Senior Superintendent Francisco Esguerra, CIDG regional chief, said the suspect, Arsenio de la Cruz, 62, the sixth most wanted person in Ilocos Sur, was linked to the Dec. 4, 2013 slay of Antonio Valdez, chief of Barangay Dan-ar, Santiago town, among other killings.            

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ANTONIO VALDEZ

ARSENIO

BARANGAY

BARANGAY DAN

CHIEF

CIDG

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND DETECTION GROUP

CRUZ

ILOCOS SUR

SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT FRANCISCO ESGUERRA

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