- GILBERT BAYORAN
The long arm of the law has finally caught up with the number one most wanted person in Western Visayas, following his arrest in Purok Kabulakan, Brgy. Zone 10, Talisay City, Negros Occidental.
The arrested fugitive, identified by the Talisay City police as Ivan Tibaco, has a pending arrest warrant for three counts of murder, issued by Judge Lina Palencia Gonzales.
Tibaco was tagged as a suspect in the killing of a woman and her two children in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, on March 28.
The three victims, on board a motorcycle, were on their way home when they were shot by the suspect in Brgy. Matab-ang, Talisay.
Tibaco is tagged by the police as the Top 1 Most Wanted Person in Western Visayas.
P/Col. Leo Pamittan, provincial police director of Negros Occidental, commended the Talisay City police force, headed by Lt. Col. Cenon Vargas Jr., for their diligence and dedication to duty that led to the arrest of Tibaco May 12.
Another fugitive of the law, identified by the police as Felix Quizon, alias Katong, was apprehended May 18 in Sitio Balibag, Brgy. Lopez Jaena, Sagay City, also in Negros Occidental.
Quizon, 45, of Sitio Laon, Brgy. Divina Colonia, Sagay City, has a pending arrest warrant for frustrated murder, issued by Judge Reginald Fuentebella, who recommended bail of P200,000.
The suspect is now detained at the Sagay City police custodial facility./GB
