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The police said Sunday they were hunting for 12 inmates who escaped from a jail in Jolo, the stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf. The detainees were among 29 inmates who bolted from a prison inside a police station on Saturday where they were being held mostly on drug charges. The remaining 17 were recaptured the same day, police said. Jolo is a base for the kidnap-for-ransom group and authorities said they were investigating whether or […]
(Agence France Presse) — Three inmates were killed Sunday and another was wounded after escaping from a jail in Jolo, Sulu, a stronghold of Islamist militants, police said. The casualties were among 14 prisoners who escaped from a police station in the war-torn municipality, authorities said. Jolo is a base of the Abu Sayyaf kidnap-for-ransom group and some of the inmates were linked to the militants, according to provincial police chief Senior Superintendent Mario Buyuccan. […]
Five of the 13 drug suspects who escaped from the detention facility of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency over the weekend have surrendered, the drug agency said on Monday. The PDEA said the five inmates surrendered in Balagtas town in Bulacan. It did not provide other details and asked that the names of the inmates who surrendered be withheld in the meantime. Manhunt operations for the remaining eight escapees are still ongoing. Derrick Arnold Carreon […]
SEVEN of the more than 150 inmates who escaped from the Cotabato District Jail in Amas, Kidapawan City have been killed as the manhunt for the escaped inmates is intensified. According to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) spokesman Chief Insp. Xavier Solda, at least six of the inmates have already been recaptured. Five of them surrendered to local officials in Cotabato. The jailbreak happened past 1 a.m. Wednesday (January 4) when […]
