At least six suspects, including a candidate for mayor, were charged by the police with attempted murder in connection with the failed assassination of Mayor Filipina Grace America of Infanta town in Quezon province in February. | dtmallarijrINQ /PDI
Police in Calabarzon said on April 2 that the complaints for frustrated murder and attempted murder were filed on April 1 before the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor district office in Infanta against suspects Eriberto Escueta, LA Ruanto, Gilbert Pacio, Joraffin Plantilla, Bobby Vargaz and Ronil Nolledo.Escueta, of Nationalist People’s Coalition, is one of America’s two rivals for the mayoralty post.
“My life is an open book and I’ve never been involved in any trouble or violent act since I was young,” Ruanto said in a statement posted on social media on Sunday, adding he would fight for the truth. Of the six suspects, Plantilla has a pending warrant of arrest for another criminal case, said Police Col. Joel Villanueva, Quezon police chief, in a phone interview on Monday.When asked if she believed that Escueta and Ruanto were behind the slay try, America replied, “Yes, I believe.”
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