{"id":111442,"date":"2017-08-11T02:50:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T06:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=111442"},"modified":"2025-01-11T00:25:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T05:25:29","slug":"aguirre-kerwin-may-be-tapped-as-witness-vs-peter-lim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/11\/aguirre-kerwin-may-be-tapped-as-witness-vs-peter-lim\/","title":{"rendered":"Aguirre: Kerwin may be tapped as witness vs Peter Lim"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_111446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111446\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Kerwin2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111446\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Kerwin2-1.jpg\" alt=\"The prosecutors handling the case will decide after reviewing and evaluating the evidence, Aguirre said. (pna photo)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Kerwin2-1.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Kerwin2-1-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The prosecutors handling the case will decide after reviewing and evaluating the evidence, Aguirre said. (pna photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA, Aug. 11<\/strong>\u2014 Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said self-confessed drug trafficker Rolan \u201cKerwin\u201d Espinosa may be tapped as a witness against alleged drug lord Peter Lim and the other respondents in the criminal case filed by the Philippine National Police.<\/p>\n<p>Aguirre said Espinosa can be discharged from the case to become a government witness in the case.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy kamagra oral jelly online <a href=\"https:\/\/visualhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/kamagra-oral-jelly.html\">https:\/\/visualhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/kamagra-oral-jelly.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> The complaint filed by\u00a0the PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group tagged Lim as the alleged supplier of illegal drugs to Espinosa&#8217;s group.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy periactin online <a href=\"https:\/\/visualhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/periactin.html\">https:\/\/visualhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/periactin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe inclusion of Kerwin Espinosa in the criminal case, in the drug offense, can be discharged before the actual trial or even during the trial of the case. It is procedural in nature that he should be charged first and be discharged later as a state witness,\u201d Aguirre\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutors handling the case will\u00a0decide\u00a0after reviewing and evaluating the evidence, Aguirre said.<\/p>\n<p>Espinosa, Lim, Marcelo Adorco, Peter Co, Jun Pepito, Max Miro, Rupel Malindanangan and Lovely Impal have been summoned by the DOJ to attend the preliminary\u00a0probe\u00a0on August 14.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0the PNP-CIDG&#8217;s\u00a0complaint, it said Lim and the others should be charged for violation of Section 26(b) in relation to Section 5 of Republic Act No.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy propecia online <a href=\"https:\/\/visualhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/propecia.html\">https:\/\/visualhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/propecia.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2000.<\/p>\n<p>The offense involved conspiracy to commit \u201csale, trading, administration, dispensation, delivery, distribution and transportation of dangerous drugs and\/or controlled precursors and essential chemicals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Their) criminal conspiracy was continuously existing (and appears to have been consummated) in various places of Makati City to Regions 7 and 8 from February 2013 up to August 2015 at the very least,\u201d\u00a0a portion of the complaint read.<\/p>\n<p>Adorco and four others were arrested during a sting operation in Albuera, Leyte, on July 8, 2016.\u00a0Adorco identified Espinosa and his father, slain Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr., as the source of illegal drugs and firearms seized from them.<\/p>\n<p>Lim, Co and Impal were also alleged as among those who supplied illegal drugs to Espinosa\u2019s operations in Central and Eastern Visayas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Aug. 11\u2014 Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said self-confessed drug trafficker Rolan \u201cKerwin\u201d Espinosa may be tapped as a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":111446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95],"tags":[13864,7983,21041],"class_list":["post-111442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-justice-secretary-vitaliano-aguirre-ii","tag-philippine-national-police","tag-rolan-kerwin-espinosa","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282563,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111442\/revisions\/282563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}