Caloocan cop convicted of torture, planting of evidence in Carl-Kulot drug war cases

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Police Officers 1 Jeffrey Perez (left) and Ricky Arquilita attend a Senate inquiry into the cases of teenagers killed in police anti-narcotics operations on Sept. 5, 2017.

The STAR / Geremy Pintolo

 

MANILA, Philippines — A Caloocan court convicted police officer Jeffrey Perez of torture and planting of evidence in the killings of teenagers Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo “Kulot” de Guzman, whose cases were believed to be carried under the Duterte government’s bloody “war on drugs.”

 

In a decision released by the Public Attorney’s Office on Wednesday, the Caloocan City Regional Trial Court Branch 122 said it found Patrolman Perez “guilty of beyond reasonable doubt for all the crimes charged against him.”

 

The court convicted him of violation of Section 4 and 14 of Republic Act 9745 or the Anti-Torture Act of 2009 against Arnaiz and De Guzman. He was also found guilty of Planting of Evidence under RA 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and RA 10591 or Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act in the case of Arnaiz.

 

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