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                    [Title] => Key suspects in twin Abra attacks fall
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Two wanted men in Abra – one for the 2002 killing of Tineg town mayor Clarence Benwaren, and the other, for the 2010 failed slay try on former Bangued mayor Ryan Luna – are now in police custody.

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                    [Title] => Comelec disqualifies Abra mayoral bet tagged in slay
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The Second Division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has disqualified a mayoral bet in Tineg, Abra who was charged for killing the wife of his political rival three years ago.
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                    [Title] => Raps vs 4 slay suspects junked
                    [Summary] => BANGUED, Abra — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has junked the murder charges against four suspects in the October 2002 killing of Tineg Mayor Clarence Benwaren.


In a resolution, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales said there was insufficient evidence to charge Felipe Belisario, Maryjane Eduarte, Dennis Garcia and Ruben Bobila for Benwaren’s murder.


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                    [Title] => "Dugo ang inalay sa paa ng altar"
                    [Summary] => PATI altar ng simbahan na sagrado hindi na isinaalang-alang. Bagkus, ito’y ginawang "scene of the crime" ng mga taong pumatay sa Mayor ng Tineg na si Clarence Benwaren. Napa-iling na lamang ako ng nabasa ko sa mga pahayagan at nakita at marinig sa radyo at telebisyon ang "bold assassination" ng mayor ng isang bayan sa Abra, Ilocos Norte. Marami ang nag-usbungang balita. Si Mayor Benwaren daw ay pinatay ng mga miyembro ng New People’s Army?
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                    [Title] => Suspect in Abra mayor’s killing cries torture
                    [Summary] => BANGUED, Abra — A suspect in the killing of Tineg, Abra Mayor Clarence Benwaren has alleged that he suffered a 10-day ordeal in the hands of Cordillera policemen in Baguio safehouses to force him to admit to the murder.


Felipe Belisario, 51, alleged that the policemen, who manhandled him, forced him to implicate two controversial political figures as brains of the assassination.


Three weeks ago, the Cordillera police vowed to solve the controversial killing by the end of this year but kept from journalists the arrest of a suspect, which turned out to be Belisario.

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                    [Title] => Abra NPA checking men’s role in assassination of Mayor Benwaren
                    [Summary] => BANGUED, Abra — The Abra-based Agustin Begnalen Command of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) is still verifying from its operating field units if communist assassins did Tineg Mayor Clarence Benwaren in.


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                    [Title] => No revenge, vows wife of slain Abra town mayor
                    [Summary] => BANGUED, Abra – No revenge.


Thus said Soledad Benwaren as her husband, Tineg town mayor Clarence Benwaren, was laid to rest in this capital town yesterday, nine days after he was assassinated while standing as wedding sponsor in a church in Calauan, Laguna.


Soledad, 35, a hearing officer of the National Police Commission in the Cordilleras, said their family would not retaliate contrary to speculations that her husband’s supporters would avenge his death. 


"Saan kami nga agibales (We would not take revenge)," she said.


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                    [Title] => Valera: What will I get for killing Benwaren?
                    [Summary] => BANGUED, Abra — "Next time, they will blame me for the slaying of Fr. (Conrado) Balweg and Mayor (Jose) Segundo," an upset Abra Gov. Vicente "Vicsyd" Valera said yesterday.


He was reacting to news report in The Star last Monday that quoted text messages saying he masterminded the killing of Tineg Mayor Clarence Benwaren in Laguna last week. Balweg was Cordillera People’s Liberation Army (CPLA) chief while Segundo was a mayor of Tubo town. Their killing were owned by the New People’s Army (NPA).


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                    [Title] => Abra governor ‘brains’ behind Benwaren slay?
                    [Summary] => BAGUIO CITY — A vigilante group calling itself the Alliance of Brave, Reformed and Armed Brothers (ABRA Brothers) charged yesterday that Abra Gov. Vicente Valera was the brains behind the assassination of Tineg town mayor Clarence Benwaren in Laguna last Oct. 28.


Valera dismissed as "baseless" the allegation of ABRA Brothers, and even dared the group to provide information about the killing to probers.


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                    [Title] => Slain Abra mayor ‘possesses’ kin, warns more blood will flow
                    [Summary] => BAGUIO CITY – Believe it or not, but relatives of slain Abra mayor Clarence Benwaren claimed that he "possessed" a niece of his wife during the wake here Thursday, and warned that more blood would flow in the province.


Benwaren’s relatives, who witnessed the incident, recalled that the slain Tineg town mayor, talking through Aida, a niece of his wife Soledad, wanted to be buried here, saying there could be more violence if his body is brought to Abra.


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BENWAREN

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                    [Title] => Raps vs 4 slay suspects junked
                    [Summary] => BANGUED, Abra — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has junked the murder charges against four suspects in the October 2002 killing of Tineg Mayor Clarence Benwaren.


In a resolution, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales said there was insufficient evidence to charge Felipe Belisario, Maryjane Eduarte, Dennis Garcia and Ruben Bobila for Benwaren’s murder.


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                    [Title] => Suspect in Abra mayor’s killing cries torture
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Felipe Belisario, 51, alleged that the policemen, who manhandled him, forced him to implicate two controversial political figures as brains of the assassination.


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                    [Title] => No revenge, vows wife of slain Abra town mayor
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Thus said Soledad Benwaren as her husband, Tineg town mayor Clarence Benwaren, was laid to rest in this capital town yesterday, nine days after he was assassinated while standing as wedding sponsor in a church in Calauan, Laguna.


Soledad, 35, a hearing officer of the National Police Commission in the Cordilleras, said their family would not retaliate contrary to speculations that her husband’s supporters would avenge his death. 


"Saan kami nga agibales (We would not take revenge)," she said.


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He was reacting to news report in The Star last Monday that quoted text messages saying he masterminded the killing of Tineg Mayor Clarence Benwaren in Laguna last week. Balweg was Cordillera People’s Liberation Army (CPLA) chief while Segundo was a mayor of Tubo town. Their killing were owned by the New People’s Army (NPA).


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                    [Summary] => BAGUIO CITY – Believe it or not, but relatives of slain Abra mayor Clarence Benwaren claimed that he "possessed" a niece of his wife during the wake here Thursday, and warned that more blood would flow in the province.


Benwaren’s relatives, who witnessed the incident, recalled that the slain Tineg town mayor, talking through Aida, a niece of his wife Soledad, wanted to be buried here, saying there could be more violence if his body is brought to Abra.


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