(Eagle News) — The two policemen in the Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman slays have pleaded not guilty to the cases filed against them. PO1 Jeffrey Perez and P01 Ricky Arquilita entered their plea during the arraignment on Tuesday at the Caloocan City Regional Trial Court Branch 122. Perez and Arquilita are facing cases for murder, torture, and planting of evidence in connection with the deaths of Arnaiz and De Guzman last year. The […]
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Caloocan court issues warrant of arrest vs cops linked to slay of teenagers
(Eagle News) — The Caloocan Regional Trial Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of the two policemen implicated in the murder of Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman. The warrant issued against P01 1 Jeffrey Perez and Ricky Arquilita was dated January 23, 2018, and was signed by Judge Georgina Hidalgo. It came after the two were formally charged in court for murder, their alleged violation of the Anti-Torture Law and for their alleged […]
UPDATED: DOJ files criminal charges vs two policemen over Arnaiz-De Guzman slay
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Department of Justice has filed murder charges against the two policemen implicated in the killing of Carl Angelo Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman. P01 Jeffrey Perez and Ricky Arquilita were charged with murder before the Caloocan Regional Trial Court after the DOJ found probable cause for their indictment. The two policemen were also charged with torture and planting of evidence under Section 29 of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs […]
Kulot’s parents, 2 siblings now under WPP provisional coverage
(Eagle News) — The parents and two siblings of slain teenager Reynaldo De Guzman are now under the Witness Protection Program. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, said Eduardo Gabriel, Lina de Guzman and their children, aged 17 and 12, were placed under provisional coverage after the couple visited him the other day. “I told the parents of ‘Kulot’ that they can trust the government’s (WPP),” Aguirre said. De Guzman and his friend Carl Angelo Arnaiz went […]
Aguirre: Witnesses to 3 boys’ killings to be used to revive ICC complaint vs Duterte, 11 others
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Friday said the groups holding alleged witnesses to the killings of Carl Arnaiz, Kian Loyd delos Santos and Reynaldo de Guzman have an ulterior motive: To revive the impeachment complaint filed against President Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court. “Natanong niyo bakit di nila nirerelease? Tama sinasabi ko noon…Para mabuhay ang patay nila na kaso laban sa pangulo sa ICC,” he said, referring to the complaint […]
Aguirre: Hontiveros’ camp, Rise Up group “disrupting” inquiries into Arnaiz, De Guzman, Delos Santos slays
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Friday decried what he said was the refusal of Risa Hontiveros’ camp and the Rise Up for Life and for Rights to allow investigators to interview alleged witnesses into the killings of Carl Angelo Arnaiz, Kian Loyd delos Santos, and Reynaldo de Guzman, an act an anti-crime group has said was already tantamount to “obstruction of justice.” Aguirre said for instance, the investigators looking into the killing of Delos […]
PAO, parents of teenagers file double murder raps vs 2 cops for Arnaiz, De Guzman killings
(Eagle News) — The two Caloocan City policemen who figured in the killing of 19-year old former University of the Philippines student Carl Angelo Arnaiz and his companion 14-year old Reynaldo “Kulot” de Guzman had been slapped with complaints for double murder filed by the family members of the slain teenagers. Aside from Police officers 1 Jeffrey Perez and Ricky Arquilita of the Caloocan City Police, also slapped with the complaints for double murder […]
Body found in Gapan, Nueva Ecija laid to rest as “Kulot” despite questions about identity
(Eagle News) — Despite questions about his identity, the boy whose lifeless body was found in Gapan, Nueva Ecija on Sept. 6 was laid to rest as 14-year-old Reynaldo de Guzman on Wednesday. “Talagang sa amin po, anak po namin dahil kamukha ng tatay yung buong kabuuan ng mukha. Talagang sa amin talaga po ‘yan,” Lina, De Guzman’s mother, told reporters after quick burial rites held at Pasig City Cemetery. Lina made the comment even […]
Justice Secretary Aguirre: NBI to conduct second DNA test on body found in Gapan, N. Ecija
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said on Tuesday that a second DNA test on the body found in Gapan, Nueva Ecija on September 5 was underway. In a radio interview, Aguirre said he would ask the National Bureau of Investigation to do this. According to Aguirre, although many court decisions give a lot of weight on DNA test results, “there are instances these are discredited if the procedure was wrong or if […]
JUST IN: PNP says body found in Gapan, N. Ecija not Reynaldo de Guzman’s based on DNA results
(Eagle News) — The body found in Nueva Ecija is not 14-year-old Reynaldo de Guzman’s. This is according to the Philippine National Police, that conducted an autopsy on the body found in a creek in Gapan days before. De Guzman went missing after he and his friend Carl Angelo Arnaiz went out to buy midnight snacks. Police said Arnaiz was killed in a police shootout that ensued after the teenager fired at policemen who were […]
Taxi driver allegedly held at gunpoint by Carl Angelo Arnaiz surfaces
Refutes police version of events (Eagle News) — The taxi driver allegedly held at gunpoint by Carl Angelo Arnaiz surfaced on Sunday, and claimed the statement police showed in public was not his. In a press conference, Tomas Bagcal said in the police station, he was “only asked” his birthday, name, age and then the OR/CR of his vehicle. He said this was after a man he picked up from Navotas and who was later […]
President Duterte says some parties out to “sabotage” gov’t’s war on drugs; reveals slain Carl Angelo Arnaiz is his relative
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte believes some parties are out to “sabotage” the government’s war on drugs, which some say was used as pretext to claim the lives of three boys, including Carl Angelo Arnaiz, whom the President described as his relative. “Silipin mong mabuti kasi may (nananabotahe). Sinasadya talaga iyan..Bantay ka riyan, may nagluluto diyan to discredit (the government),” he told Philippine National Police Chief Roland dela Rosa, who was with him when […]





