6.25.09
LEGAZPI CITY – The Bicol regional police has intensified their search operations and police manhunt after the escape of the former Masbate vice mayor, who has been convicted of killing a Masbate representative, a police official said Thursday.
Florencio Jun Fernandez, 56, bolted the prison cell at around 4:45 p.m. at the provincial jail of Masbate on Monday, said Chief Inspector Ayn Natuel, Bicol regional police spokesperson.
In a statement, Chief Superintendent Paterno Bangui has ordered the conduct of intensified police manhunt operations against Fernandez, who has been serving a life sentence term at Masbate Provincial Jail for the murder of the late Congressman Moises Espinosa Sr. last March 1989.
Initial investigation showed that the prisoner was about to be transferred at the National Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City, when he escaped that afternoon, evading seven jail guards.
Natuel added in a statement that the PNP is closely coordinating with the provincial jail authorities and other government forces in Masbate for the conduct of checkpoint and chokepoint operations.
“ All major entrance and exit points region wide have been monitored for the immediate apprehension of the fugitive convict,” Natuel added. Johana Vi E. Gasga/Inquirer Southern Luzon.
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