Tag: Ralph Trangia

Prosecutor general admits inquest of Solano “improper”; Primary suspect to undergo preliminary investigation

(Eagle News) — The acting prosecutor general on Monday admitted the inquest proceedings John Paul Solano underwent were “improper.” Acting Prosecutor General Jorge Catalan made the admission upon questioning by Senator Franklin Drilon. “Is this a proper inquestable investigation?” Drilon asked. “That would not be proper,” Catalan said. He then said Solano’s cases would be subjected to a regular preliminary investigation. Paterno Esmaquel, Solano’s lawyer, had insisted that this be the case but authorities proceeded […]

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MPD: Frat members used 3 vehicles to take hazing victim Horacio Castillo III to hospital

(Eagle News) — Fraternity members used three vehicles to take hazing victim Horacio Castillo III to the hospital. This is contrary to initial reports there were only two–the red pickup registered to Antonio Trangia, father of Ralph Trangia, an officer of the Aegis Juris fraternity; and the motorcycle used by John Paul Solano, who surrendered to Senator Panfilo Lacson on Friday. Chief Supt. Joel Coronel, Manila Police District head, said during the hearing of the […]

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MPD: Some senior members of Aegis Juris fraternity coddling suspects in hazing victim’s death

(Eagle News) — Some senior members of the Aegis Juris fraternity are coddling those who are believed behind the death of Horacio Castillo III. This was revealed by Chief Supt. Joel Coronel, Manila Police District director, during the Senate hearing of the committee on public order and dangerous drugs on the hazing victim’s death. Asked by Senator Grace Poe if any one of those senior members was with them, Coronel said “there was no direct […]

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Solano: I lied to police because a frat member told me to do so

(Eagle News) — John Paul Solano, a primary suspect in the death of Horacio Castillo III, said on Monday that he initially lied to the police about where he found the hazing victim’s body because a fraternity member told him to do so. Solano, who spoke  before the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs, declined, however, to say who exactly told him to do this at that time. He said he would just […]

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Senator Gatchalian: Only 3.6 percent conviction rate of hazing suspects from 2002 to 2017

(Eagle News) — Only 15 suspects of 419 suspects in hazing deaths have been convicted since 2002. This is according to Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, who quoted data from the Philippine National Police Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management. According to Gatchalian, who spoke at the start of the hearing into the death of Horacio Castillo III on Monday, this represents a conviction rate of a “measly” 3.6 percent. Present in the hearing were Castillo’s parents; […]

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MPD: Primary suspect in hazing death refused to speak to victim’s parents

(Eagle News) — One of the primary suspects in the death of Horacio Castillo III on Sunday refused to talk to the victim’s parents due to the absence of a counsel. In an interview with reporters, Chief Supt. Joel Coronel, Manila Police District directors, said Horacio Castillo Jr. and Carminia Castillo, who arrived at the MPD headquarters specifically to talk to Solano, were no longer able to wait for the arrival of his lawyers because […]

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MPD: Trangia’s mother now a suspect; Police probing UST dean’s “possible complicity in a particular incident”

(Eagle News) — The mother of Ralph Trangia has been included in the list of suspects in the death of Horacio Castillo III. Chief Supt. Joel Coronel, Manila Police District director, said this in a radio interview on Sunday. Trangia’s mother joins officers of the Aegis Juris fraternity  in the police’s list of suspects  behind the death of the freshman law student at the University of Sto. Tomas last week. Earlier, Coronel named the youngest Trangia, Ralph, […]

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Taipei: Ralph Trangia flew to Chicago, USA

(Eagle News) — Ralph Trangia, a primary suspect in the death of Horacio Castillo III, is not in Taiwan as he did not enter the Asian country in the first place. The Taipei Economic Cultural Office said Trangia—who left Manila on Sept. 19 via flight number BR262–boarded a connecting flight—BR56—for Chicago, the United States from Taoyuan airport on the same day, instead. “He was only one of the millions of transit passengers  who passed through […]

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John Paul Solano: “I am innocent”

(Eagle News) — “I am innocent.” This was the statement of John Paul Solano, who surrendered on Friday to Senator Panfilo Lacson days after he was named a primary suspect in the death of hazing victim Horacio Castillo III. Solano, who was wearing a grey jacket, told reporters he was only called on to give “medical assistance” to Castillo. He said he was a medical technologist, and filed his leave of absence from the University […]

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MPD clarifies manhunt ops only vs 3 primary suspects in hazing victim’s death

Urges other witnesses to come out in open (Eagle News) — The Manila Police District on Friday clarified that only the three primary suspects in the killing of hazing victim Horacio Castillo III are the subject of manhunt operations so far. Supt. Erwin Margarejo, MPD spokesperson, said as such, the others who know something about the circumstances that led to Castillo’s death have nothing to be afraid of. Castillo died of a heart attack due […]

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Aguirre: Two witnesses in hazing victim’s death have surfaced, fear for their lives

(Eagle News) — Two witnesses in the death of Horacio Castillo III have surfaced and expressed willingness to share information with authorities, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said. In a radio interview on Friday, Aguirre said the two “went straight” to him to seek his help. He said the first–who “knows something”—went to see him at the DOJ office, while the other–“an eyewitness who was involved”–left a contact number where he could be reached. Only one […]

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Immigration bureau: One of three primary suspects in Castillo’s death now outside PHL

  By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service One of the primary suspects in the killing of Horacio Castillo III is now out of the country. Based on records of the Bureau of Immigration, one Ralph Caballes Trangia, born on November 10, 1995, boarded an Eva Air plane with flight number BR262 toward Taipei on Sept. 19, a day after the Department of Justice issued an Immigration Lookout Bulletin  against 16 members of the  Aegis Juris Fraternity. […]

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