Wanted ABB member falls in Valenzuela

MANILA, Philippines - An alleged member of the Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB), wanted for several killings in Northern Luzon, was arrested in Valenzuela City yesterday afternoon.

Arnold Vinasoy, alias “Ka Jerry,” tried to fight off his arresting officers led by Inspector Jonathan Olvena when he was cornered at past 2 p.m. at Sitio Pinalagad, Barangay Malinta, said city police chief Senior Superintendent Rhoderick Armamento.

Vinasoy eventually yield to authorities.

He and 20 others escaped from the Isabela provincial jail while serving his time for murder in August 2001.

He was tagged in the killing of a barangay councilman in Cataguing, San Mariano, Isabela in 1998, the murder of a man at Sitio Pinalagad in 2003 and the killing of a local official in Pangasinan.

Armamento said they are checking reports that Vinasoy was also involved in the killing of a local official in Metro Manila several years ago.

The suspect was detained at the Valenzuela police detention cell.