Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 23:50:00 06/26/2009
Filed Under: Crime, Prison
LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines—The Bicol regional police has intensified its operation to recapture a former Masbate City vice mayor who escaped from the Masbate provincial jail where he had been serving a life term for the killing of former Masbate congressman Moises Espinosa Sr. in March 1989.
Former Masbate City vice mayor Florencio “Jun” Fernandez, 56, bolted his provincial prison cell at around 4:45 p.m. on Monday, said Chief Insp. Ayn Natuel, Bicol regional police spokesperson.
Natuel said Chief Supt. Paterno Bangui, Bicol regional police director, had ordered the intensified police manhunt operation against Fernandez, who was about to be transferred to the National Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City when he escaped that afternoon, evading seven jail guards.
She said the regional police office was closely coordinating with provincial jail authorities and other government forces in Masbate for the conduct of checkpoint and chokepoint operations.
“All major entrance and exit points regionwide have been monitored for the immediate apprehension of the fugitive convict,” Natuel added.
Espinosa’s murder is one of several that had made Masbate infamous for political assassinations.
Johana Vi E. Gasga, Inquirer Southern Luzon
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