Bring evidence to Olivas, Cacdac tells Zambales cops
BY: JESS MALABANAN
CAMPOLIVAS -- Central
Luzon police director Chief Supt. Arturo Cacdac Jr., yesterday
ordered the Zambales police to bring the evidence lifted from the crime scene
where vice gubernatorial candidate Willie Viloria was slain.
"I directed the Zambales police to bring all the evidence, including spent
shells recovered at the crime scene, to CampOlivas
for processing," said Cacdac as he also ordered an in-depth investigation
of the case.
Cacdac said a special intelligence task group had been formed to lead the
investigation behind the March 7 gunslay of Viloria. He said the task group is
under his deputy regional director for operations.
Viloria, who was eyeing the vice gubernatorial post of Zambales, was gunned
down by two unidentified armed men in Barangay Mabanglit, Cabangan Zambales
Sunday. The incident report was made available only on Monday.
Senior Supt. Rafael Santiago, acting director of the Zambales Provincial Police
Office, said the victim was shot at point blank range inside his residence past
10:00 am.
The suspects, police said, barged inside the victim's residence and shot him in
different parts of his body. They then went inside his room and took a black
bag containing cash before fleeing.
The victim, police said, had been
receiving death threats from unidentified persons since he announced his bid
for the vice gubernatorial position in the May 10 polls.
Senior Supt. Marvin Bolabola, regional chief of the 3rd Criminal Investigation
and Detection Unit (3CIDU), personally supervised the investigation being
handled separately by the Zambales Criminal Investigation and Detection
Team.
Cacdac said he ordered the
Zambales police to get to the bottom of the case and submit to his office the
status of the investigation.
Viloria’s gun slay is the first election-related violence in Zambales.
Former Public Works and Highways Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr., now candidate
for governor under the Lakas ng Mangagawa Party in Zambales, was deeply
saddened by the incident. He also asked the local police in Cabangan town to
investigate and bring the culprits behind bars.
Ebadane will be facing incumbent Gov. Amor Deloso of the Liberal Party.