![“The Pharmally case... there are 46 respondents [in our complaint], kaya medyo matagal. And many of them have become invisible. Para bang they're trying to evade the jurisdiction of this body,” says Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla.](https://www.panaynews.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/plunder_copy_resized_resized-218x150.jpg "Ombudsman presses P11-B Pharmally plunder case But 23 respondents missing— Remulla")
BY JEN BAYLON
BACOLOD City – Police operatives recently apprehended James Barrido, the No. 9 most wanted person in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.
The 32-year-old farmer of Sitio Balod, Barangay San Isidro in Toboso, Negros Occidental, was cornered by the Sagay City Component Police Station Tracker Team on Dec. 12 at approximately 2:30 p.m. in the city’s Purok Chloe, Barangay Rizal.
He was taken into custody by Sagay police after the execution of an arrest warrant for homicide issued and signed on Nov. 16, 2023, by Hon. Reginald Mercurio Fuentebella of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 59 in San Carlos City.
A bail amounting to P120,000 had been recommended for Barrido’s temporary release./PN
