Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Senior Superintendent Ricardo Zulueta, who was allegedly concerned within the killing of broadcaster Percy Lapid and alleged intermediary Jun Villamor, has been staying within the Philippines and never hiding overseas, in line with his authorized counsel.
Lawyer Lauro Gacayan shared pictures with Zulueta in a Facebook submit on Friday.
Zulueta was seen carrying a polo shirt and denims sitting in entrance of Gacayan.
He stated the picture was taken in his regulation workplace in Baguio City at 12:57 p.m. final December 13.
Gacayan additionally refuted studies that he had espresso with Zulueta in his different regulation workplace alongside Pennsylvania Ave., San Francisco in California.
“Somebody might have told them that I had coffee with Col. Zulueta in my other Law Office along Pennsylvania Ave., San Francisco resulting in their erroneous conclusion,” Gacayan stated.
“But they do not know that my other law office in my hometown is really along Pennsylvania Ave., San Francisco, but in San Fernando City, La Union, not San Francisco, California, USA,” he stated.
“Just want to be clear about it. My client is not hiding abroad or already dead,” he furthered.
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla earlier stated he had requested the National Bureau of Investigation to contact Zulueta’s household amid his continued silence.
Zulueta, one of many alleged masterminds behind the killing of broadcaster Percy Lapid and alleged intermediary Jun Villamor, was stated to have gone into hiding in early November.
GMA News Online sought remark from Gacayan on Remulla’s comment.
The Philippine National Police and the National Bureau of Investigation filed two homicide complaints in opposition to Zulueta and suspended BuCor chief Gerald Bantag, amongst others.
Lapid was shot lifeless in Las Piñas City on October 3 whereas Villamor died on the New Bilibid Prison.
An post-mortem by forensic pathologist Dr. Raquel Fortun confirmed Villamor’s stays to have a “history of asphyxia by plastic bag suffocation.” — DVM, GMA Integrated News
