While five of the military personnel linked to the murder of Davao-based businesswoman-model Yvonette Chua Plaza are already under the custody of the Philippine Army, it is still trying to locate two others, according to the AFP. | BPinlacINQ
Durante–the former chief of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s Presidential Security Group–and Col. Michael Licyayo, the brigade deputy commander tagged as his accomplice, were earlier confirmed to have been taken into custody at the AFP headquarters in Taguig City earlier this week.
Meanwhile, Staff Sgt. Gilbert Plaza, Sgt. Delfin Sialsa Jr. and Cpl. Adrian Cachero–also allegedly involved in Plaza’s killing–are in the custody of the AFP’s 10th Infantry Division in Davao de Oro.The other respondents in the murder complaint filed in the Davao City Prosecutor’s Office are Pfc. Rolly Cabal; Pfc. Romart Longakit; Noel Japitan; a certain “Junior;” and a man identified only as “Master Sergeant.
The AFP then noted that it is already conducting a parallel investigation “without prejudice to the ongoing criminal proceedings.”“To the family of Yvonette, we feel your grief and pain. Please accept our condolences, and we are one with you in praying for her eternal peace,” the AFP added. Plaza was gunned down outside her Davao residence on Dec. 29. But Durante denied any involvement in the murder of Plaza, whom he referred to as a friend.An official of the National Bureau of Investigation called Plaza’s killing a “crime of passion,” citing the “relationship” between the victim and the general, a married man.
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