Task Force RCBC identified four out of six suspects on RCBC masacre, two were uniformed men

Miami
May 23, 2008
Story: Task Force RCBC identified four out of six suspects on RCBC masacre, two were uniformed men

Sr. Supt. Aaron Fidel, Task Force Commander of Task Force RCBC said that four out of six suspects in the RCBC massacre last May 16 has been identified while the other two is yet to be determine.

Fidel said during the Friday media forum in Camp Crame that the four suspects has been identified by their witnesses, but he refused to disclose the names of the suspects.

“Two of which are really involved in bank robberies and the two are uniformed personnel,” Fidel said. Asked if the two uniformed men were from police or military, Fidel refused to answer because he do not want their operation to be jeopardize.

Fidel also said that they also has to checked if the said two uniformed personnel were still in service or not.

Fidel also said that they have two set of witnesses, both has three individuals. The first is the one who saw the getaway vehicle being drive and abandoned in Brgy. Turbina, Calamba, Laguna hours after the incident. The other three are the ones who saw who went out of the bank.

With regards to the encounter occurred last May 21 afternoon and May 22 predawn in Tanauan Batangas, Fidel cannot yet determine if the suspected criminals killed on that encounter are are also responsible to the RCBC massacre.

“We still have to wait for the ballistic and cross-matching examination of the SOCO in able to determine if they were involved or not. But it is confirmed that the four that were killed in Tanauan were involved in some bank robberies in CALABARZON,” Fidel said.

He clarified that the incident happened in Batangas is an anti-criminality operation of the police in tracking down the group of robbers in the province. It happened that the suspects fired their gun first that is why an encounter happened.

The Task Force RCBC are looking into three robbery/hold-up groups who maybe have involvement on the incident in the RCBC in Cabuyao, Laguna. They are thinking of this kind of scenario, “There is a bigger group behind this incident, and that bigger group made contact on their local group in the province so that they will become successful in doing the crime,” Fidel explained.

However, Fidel refused to identify what kind of group are involved on the incident. “We are still tracking on some of them, remember all of the suspects are still at large if we give details they might leave the area,” he said.

On the whereabouts of the suspects Fidel believed that they are still at the Southern Tagalog Region, and for the rest of the group there are already on the Southern Part of the Philippines.

Meanwhile, the two security guards of RCBC are still in the custody of the CIDG, “They are the ones who request it because they already fear for their lives,” Fidel said. But the one of the guards, Fidel said, is not consistent on his statements.

“They had been under investigation, we already asked them questions like their daily routine and their background identification, but one of them is not consistent with the statement and with our own background check, so we are also looking at him closely,” Fidel continues.

Fidel said their operations and investigation on the Task Force RCBC is on-going, and from time to time they are having case conference with regards to the development of the case. As of the moment they are identifying who is the mastermind of the bank massacre and who is taking care of the money.