Authorities have activated Task Force Rolando and a Crisis
Management Committee (CMC) to address the abduction case of a former Italian
priest seized by seven gunmen late Wednesday in this city.
The task force and the CMC were activated during an
emergency meeting called by Gov. Roberto Uy who is also the chairman of the
Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC).
Supt. Redentor Retusto, provincial police director, has been
designated as the task force head while Mayor Evelyn Uy as CMC chairperson.
The victim, Rolando Del Torchio, 56, an Italian national and
a former priest, was seized by seven gunmen around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday from his
Pizza house--UrChoice Bistro Café--in Barangay Miputak.
Del Torchio was dragged to a waiting gray van with plate
number TMY-490 that sped to the boulevard.
The gunmen abandoned the van and transferred Del Torchio to
a motorboat and sped to the high seas.
Retusto and Supt. Ranie Hachuela, city police chief, are
spearheading the pursuit operations to possibly rescue the victim.
Blocking forces, to include the “bantay dagat” forces, were
immediately established in the towns of Sibuco, Sirawai, Siocon and Baliguian.
These areas are known as haven of lawless elements to
include kidnap-for-ransom-groups (KFRGs) in the province.
The authorities believed the abductors, along with their
hostage, are still within the territorial jurisdiction of the province.
Del Torchio, who was ordained priest in 1984, was a
missionary of the Pontificio Istituto Missioni Estere (PIME).
Del Torchio was born in Angera, a town located in the province of Varese ,
in the Lombardy region of northern Italy
He was assigned in 1988 in the nearby town of Sibuco
He left priesthood few years later and settled in this city
until he opened UrChoice Bistro Café.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&sid=&nid=&rid=812881
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