Suspects in killing of consul’s ma arrested
In a press briefing at Camp General Alejo Santos here Wednesday, Bulacan police director Senior Superintendent Allen Bantolo presented and identified the suspects as Rolando Villaverde y Mangahas, 26, of Barangay Sta. Ana, Bulakan town; Ronnie Culianin y Kito, 22, and Alvin Chico y Miranda, 32, of
Villaverde is the primary suspect who allegedly masterminded the killing of Rosalina Parreño-Lazaro, 74, widow and mother of Teresa Lazaro, the country’s consul general in
The older Lazaro was killed with at least 75 stab wounds on
Bantolo said that Villaverde is the last suspect arrested for the killing and was tagged by his cohorts as the mastermind.
Other arrested suspects in the gruesome killing of Lazaro were Domingo Chico y Miranda, Abet Dela Cruz, and Dennis Bautista who allegedly died of pneumonia while in detention at the Bulacan Provincial Jail last December.
“We consider the Lazaro killing closed with the arrest of Villaverde,” Bantolo said and added that during the commission of the crime, the suspects carted two bags of valuables.
However, Villaverde, a tricycle driver, denied masterminding the robbery that turned into the killing of the 74-year-old widow, but admitted participation in the robbery.
He said that it was Abet dela Cruz who masterminded the robbery and the same person who killed Lazaro.
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