Self-confessed drug lord Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa has been transferred last week to Camp Bagong Diwa detention facility in Taguig City, Prosecutor General Benedicto Malcontento confirmed on Tuesday (April 19).
Trade unionist Dennise Velasco has been set free from his detention cell in Camp Bagong Diwa, said his legal counsel, lawyer Katherine Panguban of the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL).
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre assured the arrested members of the Maute terrorist group will face justice now that its leaders have been killed.
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said two courts have been set up for the Maute terrorist group inside Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City where they will also be detained.
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II has lauded the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) to grant his request to try and detain members of the Maute terrorist group in Taguig City instead of Cagayan de Oro City (CDO).
With more suspected Maute members getting arrested, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II warned that Cagayan de Oro City has become a ticking bomb with the Supreme Court’s insistence on conducting the trial of Maute members in the city.
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II believes the military should be allowed to do its job of protecting the people instead of guarding the arrested members of the Maute terrorist group.
The Department of Justice is setting up two court rooms in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City which is targeted as the venue of the trial of members of the Maute terrorist group.
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II has asked the Supreme Court to move to captured members of the local terrorist group Maute to Taguig City as well as hold the trial there.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines sought to allay fears Friday (June 9) about the possible transfer of terrorists to Metro Manila following the transfer of the father of the Maute group’s founders to Camp Bagong Diwa.
