Ilog officials to hold mass for ‘Justice for Mayor Paul’ | Sun.Star.

By Teresa Ellera
August 6, 2012

OFFICIALS of the municipality of Ilog along with the officials of the entire 15 barangays in town will hold a mass calling for “Justice for Mayor Paul Alvarez” at the town’s public plaza today, Monday.

The mass is in support for Alvarez, as the people of Ilog rally behind him against accusations made by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) that the mayor is the mastermind behind the killing of Kabankalan Regional Trial Court Judge Henry Arles last April 24.

Alvarez was tagged as the mastermind based on the affidavits of the three self-confessed assassins who are now at the custody of the NBI in Manila.

Meanwhile, the family of the three members of the RPA-ABB tagged as suspects in the ambush-slay of Arles is challenging the NBI to show the three in public to refute allegations that they were tortured into admitting the crime.

They also slammed the NBI for not allowing their lawyer to see the three in their detention cell.

The three suspects, namely Jessie Daguia, Alejandro Capunong and Eddie Fortunado, are detained at the NBI-Manila allegedly for security reasons, said NBI chief lawyer Ferdinand Lavin.

The three were first slapped with illegal possession of firearms charges by the NBI filed at the local court here to allegedly justify their detention. A murder complaint was also filed against the three before the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila.

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