Bacoor jailbreak: 14 rearrested; 9 hunted

At least six more who had escaped from the Bacoor City Police Detention Center in Cavite last Friday have either surrendered or been arrested as of noon yesterday, bringing to 14 the number of fugitives back in jail, with nine still at large.

The most recent to be rearrested were robbery suspect Norberto Hidalgo Jr., holdup suspect Ferc Leo Melendrez; and illegal drugs suspect Dennis Baluban.

Superintendent Vicente Cabatingan, city police chief, said the latest to surrender were Divinagracia Dellon, Frederick Salondro, and Romeo Cabral, all facing illegal drugs cases.

Meanwhile, Task Force “Tugis” which is headed by Senior Supt. William M. Segun, Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) director, continued to hunt down nine more prisoners who remained at large.

They are Marcelo Ruiz, Vene Lloyd Bernabe, Ariel Villacampa, Ronald Ramirez, Jason Daniel, Michael Salac, Jun Marco Castro, Richard Manatad, and Kevin Reano, wanted for various criminal cases.

The Bacoor Police Community Relations (PCR) released through its Facebook account, https://www.facebook.com/bacoorpnp.pcrb, the mugshots of the fugitives who are still being hunted and appealed to the public to phone-in or text their whereabouts to 046-4167510, 0998-598-5593 or 09777520819.

There were a total 437 detainees in the jail facility at the time of the escape at 4:23 p.m. last July 27.