BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – The suspected leader of the notorious Aki-Cuadra robbery group here and three others were abducted and later found dead in different places over the weekend.
Police identified them as 30-year-old Arnold “Aki” Cuadra and his suspected members Jhundelle Rafols, 25; Leonil Rafols Jr., 26; and Rene Boy “Kugan” Dasillo, 30.
The two Rafols and Dasillo were abducted from Cuadra’s rented house at Villa Homes Subdivision in Bacolod City’s Vista Alegre late Friday night last week, according to Police Captain Elmer Bonilla, Police Station 7 commander.
Cuadra, meanwhile, was believed to have gotten into a short foot chase in the subdivision before abductors caught up with him.
Police believed the four men were separated, forced inside two waiting vans then taken out of the subdivision.
On Saturday morning, Jhundelle and cousin Leonil were found dead in a sugarcane field in Barangay Blumentritt, Murcia, Negros Occidental. Their bodies bore multiple gunshot wounds.
From the area, responding policemen recovered 20 spent bullet shells from a .45 and .9mm pistols
Dasillo, on the other hand, was found in an irrigation ditch in Barangay Atipuluhan, Bago City around 200 meters from a residential area. His body was also riddled with bullets.
Cuadra was found dead in a river behind Trinity Christian School at Villa Angela Subdivision in Barangay Villamonte here. Like the Rafols and Dasillo, he also sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
Cuadra had four pending warrants of arrest for robbery and illegal drugs charges, according to the Bacolod City Police Office.
Police are investigating the killings./PN