Prime suspects in investigator’s murder arrested
SAN FABIAN–Two suspects in the killing of lawyer Alejo Dojillo, a graft investigator and prosecutor from this town, have been arrested by the police.
Chief Inspector Chito Esmenda, the town police chief, identified the captured suspects as Benjamin Nuyda, 36, and Felipe Tamayo, 50, both residents of Barangay Cayanga this town.
Dojillo was onboard a tricycle on his way to a bus terminal heading towards the Office of the Ombudsman where he worked when he was gunned down by two motorcycle-riding men more than one year ago.
Dojillo was the graft investigator and prosecutor at the office of the Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon and a resident of Barangay Nibaliw Vidal here.
Esmenda said Dojillo’s murder appears to be politically-motivated.
The suspects were arrested on the strength of a warrant of arrest issued by Judge Genoveva Maramba of the Regional Trial Court Branch 44 in Dagupan City.
The suspects posted a as bail.
It took a year before the issuance of the arrest warrant was made as the murder case filed at the office of Prosecutor Gonzalo Marata was downgraded to just homicide. The family of Dojillo filed a motion for review at the Department of Justice (DOJ) but Marata’s decision was upheld by the DOJ.
The suspects are involved in another case, Esmenda said. #
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