{"id":126868,"date":"2017-10-27T04:09:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T08:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=126868"},"modified":"2017-10-27T04:11:43","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T08:11:43","slug":"hazing-not-enough-to-kill-atio-solano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/27\/hazing-not-enough-to-kill-atio-solano\/","title":{"rendered":"Hazing \u2018not enough\u2019 to kill Atio\u2014 Solano"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Hazing suspect John Paul Solano on Friday insisted that the hazing rite for University of Santo Tomas (UST) freshman law student Horacio \u201cAtio\u201d Castillo III was \u201cnot enough\u201d to kill him. (PTV photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hazing suspect John Paul Solano on Friday insisted that the hazing rite for University of Santo Tomas (UST) freshman law student Horacio \u201cAtio\u201d Castillo III was \u201cnot enough\u201d to kill him.<\/p>\n

\u201cBased on the report it (hazing) is not enough because the kidneys did not explode. The kidneys are normal,\u201d Solano said in an interview on ANC\u2019s Headstart on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

Solano, a licensed medical technologist and a member of the Aegis Juris fraternity, stressed that a pre-existing heart disease killed Castillo, and not the violence imposed to him during the fraternity initiation rite.<\/p>\n

During the interview, Solano elaborated his counter-affidavit that a medico-legal report showed that Castillo had a Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), a condition in which the heart muscle becomes thick.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom my study as a licensed medical technologist, HCM could not have been caused by hazing or any physical activity,\u201d Solano said on his counter-affidavit filed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cPatients with HCM have an increased risk of cardiac failure. Thus, if it\u2019s true that Horacio died of cardiac arrest, the death of Horacio is not due to hazing, but he died of cardiac arrest due to HCM,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Earlier, an autopsy was conducted on Castillo which showed that the law student died of massive injuries he obtained from the hazing rite.<\/p>\n

As he was called by other members of the fraternity after Castillo \u201ccollapsed,\u201d Solano narrated that he tried to slapped Castillo\u2019s face and even checked his pulse and pupils.<\/p>\n

\u201cYung unang check ko ng<\/em> pulse, wala<\/em>. So the second time sabi ko iche<\/em>–check ko ulit. Ang sabi ko may naramdaman akong<\/em> pulse. Nung<\/em> time na \u2018yon hindi ko alam kung sa akin o sa kanya <\/em>[The first time I checked the pulse, there was none. For the second time, I told myself I\u2019ll check it again. I said I felt a pulse, but that time I was not sure if it was mine or his],”\u00a0<\/em>he said.<\/p>\n

Saying that Castillo\u2019s pulse was weak, Solano said he administered CPR on the victim.<\/p>\n

“The damages…is not that…nung <\/em>time po na kasi na hindi mo rin masasabi na<\/em> the damages are ganon ka<\/em>-enough to kill a person. So we would base everything sa<\/em> medico-legal result [The damages…during that time, you cannot tell if the damages are enough to kill a person, so we would base everything on the medico-legal result],\u201d Solano said.<\/p>\n

The hazing suspect also added that he is not responsible for the medico-legal and investigation documents used for the counter-affidavit.<\/p>\n

Solano was tagged as one of the suspects in Castillo\u2019s death after he brought the victim to the Chinese General Hospital on the morning of September 17, where he was declared dead on arrival.<\/p>\n

Asked why he did not take Castillo to the nearest hospital, Solano defended that he was \u201cunder tremendous stress,\u201d and that he was not the one driving the car.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was following them since they were the ones leading,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Ako po, sumama ako dahil gusto kong makita kung mabubuhay siya dahil gusto kong mabuhay siya since yun naman ang <\/em>aim at<\/em> goal ko kaya ako nagpunta doon.<\/em> Without knowing kung ano ang nangyari, basta sabi nilang nag-<\/em>collapse, nagpunta ako dun kasi gusto kong tumulong\u00a0<\/em>[I went there because I want to see him alive and I want him to be alive. That\u2019s my aim and goal when I went there. Without knowing what will happen, they said Castillo collapsed, I went there because I want to help],” Solano ended.<\/p>\n

Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre III on Wednesday has revealed the details of Castillo\u2019s death narrated by Mark Ventura, a former officer of the fraternity. \u00a0Ventura told Aguirre that the neophyte was maltreated by more than 10 fraternity members who punched and hit him with paddles multiple times. Ventura said the members woke Castillo from unconsciousness through candle drippings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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