Ex-mayor’s aide gunned down

BUGALLON, Pangasinan, Philippines – A caretaker of a poultry farm owned by a former mayor was shot dead by suspected robbers who escaped with P70,000 in cash in Barangay Salomague here Saturday.

Mark Garcia, 42, of Barangay Maambal, Pozorrubio town, was declared dead on arrival at the Lingayen District Hospital due to a gunshot wound in the chest.

Garcia was an employee of former Binmaley mayor Lorenzo Cerezo.

 Investigator showed that Garcia and his wife Nelda were asleep in a bunkhouse at the poultry farm when three unidentified men barged in. One of the men shot the victim.

 Police said Nelda tried to scream but the suspects poked a gun at her and asked for the money entrusted to them by the mayor.