• THERESA MAE DULMAN
Police captured Negros Occidental’s second most wanted person Nov. 4 in Kabankalan City, ending nearly a month of manhunt for the laborer, who is facing three counts of qualified rape of a minor.
Joselito Cordero Francisco, 41, was arrested at 2 p.m. in Purok Progreso, Barangay Tapi, by tracker teams from the Kabankalan Component City Police Station (CCPS) and the Provincial Intelligence Unit.
Francisco is facing three counts of qualified rape before the Regional Trial Court Branch 61 in Kabankalan City.
Presiding Judge Rodney Zamora Magbanua issued the arrest warrant Oct. 6, and recommended no bail for the suspect’s temporary liberty.
Francisco is detained at the Kabankalan CCPS custodial facility, pending court disposition. | TMD
