The former prison head, Sr. Supt. Geraldo Aro, 55, suffered multiple gunshot wounds during the ambush in Cadac-an village, Abuyog town at around noon Monday, just a few hours after the turnover of command ceremony at the prison facility.
PNP Leyte provincial office spokesperson Supt. Alberto Renomeron,
Jr. said the victims were heading to Tacloban airport on board the BuCor
service vehicle when they noticed two closed vans tailing them. One of the vans
blocked them and the unidentified gunmen fired at their vehicle.
Killed on the spot were Leyte regional prison executive secretary
Jelanie Almario, Corrections Officer 3 (CO 3) Nelson Padagdag, and CO 1 Randy
Pantano. CO 1 Uldarico Mortiso also survived the ambush that took place 15
kilometers from the colony. Aro is being treated in an undisclosed hospital in
Tacloban.
“The police is looking into various angles on the motive of
ambush, but we cannot give further comments since in-depth investigation is
still ongoing,” Aro said.
The incident occurred after Aro formally turned over the post to
Supt. Danilo Dador Monday morning on orders of Bucor Director Ronald de la
Rosa.
Aro, who has been assigned as Leyte regional colony head since
2013, was supposed to take the post as head of the Sablayan Prison and Penal
Farm in Sablayan, Mindoro Occidental.
Established on Jan. 16, 1973, the Leyte regional prison is
situated 66 kilometers from Tacloban City, the regional capital. The colony is
within a 861.66-hectare forested area, 20 kilometers south from Abuyog town
center.
Currently, the facility has more than 1,900 inmates, more than
double than its capacity. The penal colony was built to confine and
rehabilitate convicted criminals classified as national prisoners whose
sentences range from three years imprisonment or above. (ERR/PNA)
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