Bicol’s most wanted falls

From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 20): Bicol’s most wanted falls

Police operatives arrested on Monday one of Bicol’s most wanted persons and a ranking leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay (village) Bacayon, Batangas City, the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Bicol said Wednesday.

Arrested was Ramon Ariente, 53, alias Fausto and Butch, a native of Del Gallego town in Camarines Sur, according to Supt. Renato Bataller, PNP Bicol spokesperson.

Battaler said police operatives from Bicol and Batangas City, armed with a warrant of arrest, had an entrapment operation that collared Ariente on Monday in a hideout in Barangay Bacayon. The suspect carried a P2.3-million bounty on his head for a string of criminal cases for murder, robbery in band, arson and attempted homicide.

A police intelligence report said Ariente is the current political officer and a member of the executive committee of the NPA Romulo Jallores Command operating in Camarines Norte. Before his arrest, Ariente replaced Nancy Ortega as the communist movement’s political officer after she was earlier arrested in Camarines Norte. The suspect was brought to Manila on Tuesday and was turned over to PNP custodial center in Camp Crame in Quezon City.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=499474