The Philippine National Police (PNP) has given top priority to solving the reported involuntary disappearance of six security guards of a cockfighting facility in Manila.
Meanwhile, the San Pablo Regional Trial Court has started hearings on the alleged abduction of e-sabong master agent Ricardo Lasco from his residence in August 2021.
PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. hinted that they were leaving no stone unturned in the investigations on the cases of the six missing security guards of the Manila Arena, believed to be related to e-sabong or online cockfighting.
“They will be conducting regular meetings pa rin to make sure na hindi po nabibitawan ito…Those incidents na medyo wala pang nai-file na kaso we are pursuing them,” Acorda said.
The victims’ families have called on Acorda to ask for help in putting closure to the cases.
According to Acorda, he’s been asking for regular updates from the Special Investigation Task Group handling the cases of the missing sabungeros.
The task group reported that it was giving particular attention to at least eight of the 34 reported missing cockfight aficionados.
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla had said tracker teams would be formed to go after the suspects in the missing sabungeros.
The DOJ also offered a P6-million reward for any information leading to the arrest of suspects.
Three former policemen, Cpl. Roy Navarette, Pat. Rigel Brosas and Cpl. Daryl Paghangaan, have surrendered and were charged with kidnapping and serious illegal detention of Lasco.
