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BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
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Tuesday, March 7, 2017
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ILOILO City – Did fellow inmates maul Jesus “Jing-jing” Espinosa Jr. – ranked No. 2 in Police Station 1’s list of suspected drug personalities in the City Proper – at the Iloilo District Jail (IDJ) in Barangay Nanga, Pototan, Iloilo?
The social media reports were not true, stressed Senior Inspector Abner Zamora, jail warden.
“No mauling incident happened. No one can touch him because he is friendly to his fellow inmates,” Zamora told Panay News.
Espinosa is serving a prison sentence of eight years maximum as accomplice to the crime of frustrated murder – the shooting of Mark Serra, a resident of Barangay Monica-Blumentritt, City Proper, on Nov. 24, 2002.
According to social media reports, Espinosa was attacked by fellow inmates last week and sustained cuts and bruises.
“I personally talked to Espinosa on Friday. He was surprised by such reports. I personally inspected his body and I did not find any bruise,” said Zamora.
On Oct. 4, 2016 Espinosa turned himself in to Branch 31 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) at the Chief Justice Ramon Q. Avanceña Hall of Justice on Bonifacio Drive to serve his prison sentence.
The Supreme Court ruled with finality Espinosa’s conviction for frustrated murder in 2012 yet but his imprisonment was not carried out because the records of his case were misplaced. It was only last September 2016 when these were found during an inventory.
Espinosa was charged with frustrated murder on Jan. 21, 2003 with two others. On June 20, 2005 they were convicted by RTC, Branch 31.
Espinosa appealed his conviction. The case reached the Court of Appeals and all the way to the Supreme Court.
Espinosa explained his disappearance prior to his surrender in October last year.
“Gapanago ako indi sa pulis kundi sa mga ginatawag nga vigilante, mga panatiko. Once malapnag ka na sa pulis nga drug personality ka, ang ilang tuyo i-eliminate ka gid,” said Espinosa.
He said he had been receiving threats through text messages and calls from unknown texters and callers.
One text message, he said, read: “Halong ka, gwapo ka gale parts… dali na lang inadlaw mo panago ka lang maayo.”
Espinosa believed he would be safer in prison and this was a factor in his decision to surrender.
He also said he was concerned with his family’s safety.
“Gusto ko man magtawhay ang pinsar sang pamilya ko…(In prison) at least ila pinsaron didto lang ako sa sulod, indi sang kun diin-diin nga mabalaka pa sila,” Espinosa said.
He said he received information that he would be ambushed and this also factored in his decision to surrender./PN
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