{"id":122853,"date":"2017-10-11T02:01:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T06:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=122853"},"modified":"2017-10-11T02:03:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T06:03:22","slug":"cops-nab-man-with-ties-to-kuratong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/11\/cops-nab-man-with-ties-to-kuratong\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops nab man with ties to &#8216;Kuratong&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_115206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115206\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7606416730_e659cea89c_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-115206\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7606416730_e659cea89c_o.jpg\" alt=\"Toledo is said to be Bacon\u2019s brother-in-law. Confiscated from the suspects was a Beretta 9mm handgun loaded with magazine and an extra clip, an M2K fragmentation grenade, and nine sachets containing suspected &quot;shabu&quot;. (Photo by Victor\/Flickr, CC BY 2.0)\" width=\"750\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7606416730_e659cea89c_o.jpg 750w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7606416730_e659cea89c_o-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-115206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toledo is said to be Bacon\u2019s brother-in-law. Confiscated from the suspects was a Beretta 9mm handgun loaded with magazine and an extra clip, an M2K fragmentation grenade, and nine sachets containing suspected &#8220;shabu&#8221;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/v1ctor\/7606416730\/in\/photolist-cA9SG3-ejxACU-WPNn9Y-bk6wDS-bk6wwG-6ikerq-bk6whj-J8JXcU-TBUSGz-6jvhUC-nQHak2-NPRw3-NPRw1-6wn9nG-9KpdMV-cjV4vQ-ao5HKT-awUSmc-aaAXRL-axkz6a-4bk1A9-4iCP2G-cCYFa1-fzZPtb-aNLcQ-625E5z-5hv9HU-4Zw7YN-2wGaqf-9uzzTc-aNL9X-bk6vSj-2wGapE-5BTJnu-2wGarq-4mrFra-2wGarN-2wGasf-5hqQcn-2aKaZU-8c4wa8-66gdTj-2wGaqQ-4rkLt-2wCWi6-o9Nuo-5huZM9-2aEKja-2wCWj8-6CRhRH\">Photo<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/v1ctor\/\">Victor\/Flickr, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY\u2014The Martial Law Special Action Group (ML-SAG) arrested two men for possessing unlicensed firearms and illegal drugs, one of whom is said to be a member of the dreaded Kuratong Baleleng gang.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities identified the suspects as Rico Bacon and Virgilio Toledo Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Toledo is said to be Bacon\u2019s brother-in-law. Confiscated from the suspects was a Beretta 9mm handgun loaded with magazine and an extra clip, an M2K fragmentation grenade, and nine sachets containing suspected &#8220;shabu&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Alvari\u00f1o, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-10 (PDEA-10) director, said Bacon is an active member of the Kuratong Baleleng, an anti-insurgency militia that had turned into an organized crime syndicate based mainly in Ozamiz City.<\/p>\n<p>The group was said to be founded by the late Octavio Parojinog Sr., whose son Reynaldo Sr., the former Ozamiz mayor, was gunned down by law enforcers in a raid on July 30, 2017. The Parojinog family has maintained they are not involved in criminal activities.<\/p>\n<p>Some members of the Parojinog family and supporters were killed in the operation, while Reynaldo&#8217;s daughter and the city\u2019s vice mayor, Nova Princess, was arrested along with his brother, Reynaldo Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Alvari\u00f1o said they have reason to believe that Bacon is merely a dummy for Parojinog&#8217;s properties in this city, one of which is a luxurious residence with a swimming pool in Apovel Subdivision, Brgy. Bulua.<\/p>\n<p>Bacon supposedly transferred the property to his name after the death of Reynaldo Sr., the PDEA-10 director said.<\/p>\n<p>The PDEA director said Bacon and Toledo have been on the agency\u2019s watchlist.<\/p>\n<p>CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY\u2014The Martial Law Special Action Group (ML-SAG) arrested two men for possessing unlicensed firearms and illegal drugs, one of whom is said to be a member of the dreaded Kuratong Baleleng gang.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities identified the suspects as Rico Bacon and Virgilio Toledo Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Toledo is said to be Bacon\u2019s brother-in-law. Confiscated from the suspects was a Beretta 9mm handgun loaded with magazine and an extra clip, an M2K fragmentation grenade, and nine sachets containing suspected &#8220;shabu&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Alvari\u00f1o, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-10 (PDEA-10) director, said Bacon is an active member of the Kuratong Baleleng, an anti-insurgency militia that had turned into an organized crime syndicate based mainly in Ozamiz City.<\/p>\n<p>The group was said to be founded by the late Octavio Parojinog Sr., whose son Reynaldo Sr., the former Ozamiz mayor, was gunned down by law enforcers in a raid on July 30, 2017. The Parojinog family has maintained they are not involved in criminal activities.<\/p>\n<p>Some members of the Parojinog family and supporters were killed in the operation, while Reynaldo&#8217;s daughter and the city\u2019s vice mayor, Nova Princess, was arrested along with his brother, Reynaldo Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Alvari\u00f1o said they have reason to believe that Bacon is merely a dummy for Parojinog&#8217;s properties in this city, one of which is a luxurious residence with a swimming pool in Apovel Subdivision, Brgy. Bulua.<\/p>\n<p>Bacon supposedly transferred the property to his name after the death of Reynaldo Sr., the PDEA-10 director said.<\/p>\n<p>The PDEA director said Bacon and Toledo have been on the agency\u2019s watchlist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY\u2014The Martial Law Special Action Group (ML-SAG) arrested two men for possessing unlicensed firearms and illegal drugs, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":115206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[27076,27078,27077,27079],"class_list":["post-122853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-cops-nab-man-with-ties-to-kuratong","tag-kuratong-baleleng-gang","tag-martial-law-special-action-group-ml-sag","tag-rico-bacon-and-virgilio-toledo-jr","mauthors-jigger-j-jerusalem","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122853","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=122853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}