ARMED GROUP MEMBERS—Police Regional Director Leopoldo Bataoil (left) and Senior Superintendent Dionisio Borromeo (right) examine a 9 mm. Taurus pistol and a Cal. 38 revolver seized from two suspected members of an armed group being used by a politician in San Manuel. The suspects, identified as Virgilio Desisto Sr. and Ronnie Baculad, were arrested after a raid on their houses by elements of the Regional Mobile Group on Friday morning, three days before the May 14 polls. —(Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)