SAN
RAFAEL, Bulacan—Fearing for their lives, relatives of two brothers here slain
six months apart called on Justice Secretary Leila De Lima’s help due to
threats of a son of a local politician who vowed to eliminate them.
They
specifically asked that warrant of arrest (WOA) be immediate issued against
three security aides of a local politicians suspected in killing SPO4 Norberto
Ignacio on April 15, and his younger brother Renato who was killed last October
20.
Renato
was laid to rest on Saturday at Sto. Cristo Catholic Cemetery in the nearby
town of Baliwag.
“Sana
po tulungan ninyo kami, na mabigyan ng hustisya at magkaroon ng patas na laban
kasi makapangyarihan sila at kami ay mahirap lang,” said Beth Ignacio, the
younger sister of the victims.
She
said that suspects in the killing of her two brothers are the same and added
that the killing stemmed from argument between Norberto and son of a politician
at a cockpit arena months before he was killed.
She
did not name the politician but noted that he and his son are rich and wields
so much power.
This
was affirmed by Edman De Guzman, the victim’s niece who narrated that a the
politician’s son lost in the cockpit arena in Baliwag town and beat up the man
who won the money.
The
man asked help from Nortberto who was then serving as a police officer.
The
politicians son asked Norberto for the man with an alleged plan to kill.
But
Norberto refused and told the politician’s son that it is wrong.
“Doon
na nagbanta yung anak na pulitiko na uubusin ang pamilya namin,” De Guzman said
noting that months later, Norberto was killed.
On
October 20, Renato, the younger brother of Norberto was shot behind his head
while he was about to have dinner with his wife Josephine.
Josephine
was also shot by the assailant in the chest but miraculously survived as the
bullet fire from caliber .45 hit her wedding ring and the bullet strayed to
lower part of her body damaging her internal organs.
She
is now in critical but stable condition at the Bulacan Medical Center in
Malolos City and was not able to attend to the burial of her husband on Saturday
afternoon.
During
the burial, grieving relatives demanded justice for the killing of Norberto and
Renato.
In
an interview before the burial, De Guzman said that the killing of his uncles
were both planned.
He
said that both were shot behind their heads noting that Norberto was about to
leave the Baliwag cockpit arena on April 15 when a suspect approach him and
talked to him, while another came from behind and fired at his head.
In
the case of Renato, he was about the have dinner when the suspect barged from a
door behind him and killed him.
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