ILOILO – A suspect in the fatal ambush of a barangay captain in Barangay Carvasana in Calinog, Iloilo has been arrested.
Ronald Llupar, 34, of Barangay Bag-ong Barrio, Tapaz, Capiz, was apprehended at QualiMed Hospital in Mandurriao, Iloilo City.
A suspected member of the New People’s Army, he used a fictitious name – Vincent Faduga – to enter the hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound in the abdomen, police said.
A witness to the ambush of Barangay Captain Eustaquio Porras, 49, of Barangay Lonoy, Calinog on April 3 positively identified Llupar.
According to Chief Inspector Juvy Navales, Mandurriao police chief, it was the hospital management that alerted her men about a shooting victim being treated. An investigation was then conducted.
“We found out that he was a suspect in the Calinog ambush,” said Navales, and had two pending cases, one of which was for rebellion (criminal case No. 12-1253-06) with an arrest warrant issued by Judge Daniel Antonio Gerardo Amular of the Regional Trial Court in Mambusao, Capiz in 2006.
The suspect’s other case was for murder (criminal case No. 11-1187-10).
Llupar’s arrest confirmed a previous report that Barangay Captain Porras was able to shoot at his attackers before dying of multiple gunshot wounds.
The ambush happened at around 10:30 a.m. Porras was on his way home driving a motorcycle. Two motorcycle-riding men fired shots at him.
Citing statements from witnesses, Chief Inspector Remias Pamplona, Calinog police chief, said the gunmen appeared to have waited for Porras to pass by the area where they attacked him.
The wounded Porras fell from his motorcycle. The gunmen left after the shooting.
The Calinog police is exploring all angles as to the motives in Porras’ killing. It could be politics, said Pamplona, citing the barangay election next month.
Porras was also known for being strict in enforcing barangay ordinances, rules and regulations, said Pamplona.
The Calinog police has also not ruled out the possibility that the New People’s Army could be behind the shooting.
Porras was previously ambushed by rebels, said Pamplona./PN
c kapitan porras ay isang drug pusher at user pati isa syang leader ng ilonggo Carnap and bank robbery in all nation, wag nyong ibato sa npa ang pagpaslang Kay kapitan,c kapitan ay isang involved sa lht ng uri ng sindikato.isa pa kpg sabog yan mraming sinaktan na mga taong baranggay me binaril din cya bandang ipil …political career? Bkit papatay ang klban nya sa politika?? Me era ba ang baranggay nya at mlki ba sweldo nya ???? Kamo kc myembro cya ng sindikato