CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Roger Dominguez, brother of arrested Raymond Dominguez who is now detained in Camp Crame for the recent gruesome murders of car dealers, surrendered to the Bulacan police Monday night.
“He turned himself in to the police in Bulacan and was later motored to Camp Crame where his brother is already detained,” Central Luzon police director Chief Supt. Allan Purisima told Punto.
This, even as Purisima insisted there was nothing wrong with the initial protection the Bulacan police gave to Raymond when the latter turned himself in last Saturday amid fears for his safety.
Purisima was reacting to the statement of Local Government Sec. Jesse Robredo: “Purisima’s statement on the issue created ‘misimpression’ and that ‘it is not the job of the Bulacan police to take care of his security.’”
Purisima insisted that the protection provided was legitimate as no arrest warrant was issued against Raymond at that time. “He asked to be protected,” he stressed.
The Central Luzon police chief also described as “motherhood statement” Robredo’s claim that carnappers could have cohorts and protectors in government.
“Of course, it is possible that some policemen could be involved, but that is a motherhood statement at this point. Does he (Robredo) have any evidence that policemen are involved? We work on evidences,” he said.
Roger Dominguez, elder brother of Raymond, was cited by Alfred Mendiola, alias “Bading” as the one who told him about the killing of Emerson Lozano and his aide Ernani Sensil, as well as Venson Evangelista. Mendiola and his companion are now detained in Camp Olivas after they admitted being accomplices of the Dominguez brothers by pretending to be buyers of the cars being sold by victims last Jan. 12.
The charred bodies of Evangalista, Lozano and Sensil were found in different locations in Central Luzon. Sensil’s body also yielded a slug from a 9 mm. pistol.
Purisima reiterated that while direct evidence linked the Dominguez brothers to the killing of Evangelista, probers still have to find hard evidence to link them to the murders of Lozano and Sensil.
“We don’t want any loopholes so we have to be careful,” he said.
Police teams, headed by Pampanga police director Senior Supt. Primitivo Retirado, raided suspected carnapping lairs in Mabalacat and Mexico last Monday afternoon, yielding more suspected sports utility vehicles.
No arrests were made as the raided houses seemed to have been already abandoned by their occupants.
Purisima said that the sites were identified earlier by Mendiola as among the lairs of the Dominguez brothers.
Purisima said, however, that no heads will roll in the Pampanga police unlike in Bulacan where Senior Supt. Fernando Villanueva was replaced by Senior Supt. Wendy Rosario following “high profile criminal incidents” in the province, including the murder of Baywalk dancer Rejoice Rivera last Dec. 31.
“I think the Pampanga police are doing their job. That’s why the raids last Monday happened,” Purisima said.
But he clarified that Villanueva’s relief from post “doesn’t mean he was involved in crimes. It was merely administrative relief” pending a probe on the capability of the Bulacan police under his watch.”
“He turned himself in to the police in Bulacan and was later motored to Camp Crame where his brother is already detained,” Central Luzon police director Chief Supt. Allan Purisima told Punto.
This, even as Purisima insisted there was nothing wrong with the initial protection the Bulacan police gave to Raymond when the latter turned himself in last Saturday amid fears for his safety.
Purisima was reacting to the statement of Local Government Sec. Jesse Robredo: “Purisima’s statement on the issue created ‘misimpression’ and that ‘it is not the job of the Bulacan police to take care of his security.’”
Purisima insisted that the protection provided was legitimate as no arrest warrant was issued against Raymond at that time. “He asked to be protected,” he stressed.
The Central Luzon police chief also described as “motherhood statement” Robredo’s claim that carnappers could have cohorts and protectors in government.
“Of course, it is possible that some policemen could be involved, but that is a motherhood statement at this point. Does he (Robredo) have any evidence that policemen are involved? We work on evidences,” he said.
Roger Dominguez, elder brother of Raymond, was cited by Alfred Mendiola, alias “Bading” as the one who told him about the killing of Emerson Lozano and his aide Ernani Sensil, as well as Venson Evangelista. Mendiola and his companion are now detained in Camp Olivas after they admitted being accomplices of the Dominguez brothers by pretending to be buyers of the cars being sold by victims last Jan. 12.
The charred bodies of Evangalista, Lozano and Sensil were found in different locations in Central Luzon. Sensil’s body also yielded a slug from a 9 mm. pistol.
Purisima reiterated that while direct evidence linked the Dominguez brothers to the killing of Evangelista, probers still have to find hard evidence to link them to the murders of Lozano and Sensil.
“We don’t want any loopholes so we have to be careful,” he said.
Police teams, headed by Pampanga police director Senior Supt. Primitivo Retirado, raided suspected carnapping lairs in Mabalacat and Mexico last Monday afternoon, yielding more suspected sports utility vehicles.
No arrests were made as the raided houses seemed to have been already abandoned by their occupants.
Purisima said that the sites were identified earlier by Mendiola as among the lairs of the Dominguez brothers.
Purisima said, however, that no heads will roll in the Pampanga police unlike in Bulacan where Senior Supt. Fernando Villanueva was replaced by Senior Supt. Wendy Rosario following “high profile criminal incidents” in the province, including the murder of Baywalk dancer Rejoice Rivera last Dec. 31.
“I think the Pampanga police are doing their job. That’s why the raids last Monday happened,” Purisima said.
But he clarified that Villanueva’s relief from post “doesn’t mean he was involved in crimes. It was merely administrative relief” pending a probe on the capability of the Bulacan police under his watch.”
