3 cops indicted for murder in alleged Siargao buy-bust where Spanish national was killed

This photo shows the Department of Justice office in Faura, Manila.

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MANILA, Philippines — Prosecutors are set to file a murder charge against three police officers over the killing of a Spanish national, whom enforcers claimed violently resisted arrest, in Siargao in January 2020.

The Office of the Prosecutor General said in a statement that they indicted the following on murder and planting of evidence over the death of Spanish national Diego Lafuente:

• Police Capt. Wise Vicente Panuelos
• Police Ssgt. Ronel Pazo
• Police Ssgt. Nido Boy Cortes

The OPG said charges against the three police officers will be filed before the Surigao del Norte Regional Trial Court.

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