Saturday, September 20, 2003 (Philippines)

SHE LOCKED EYES, this new witness says, with suspected gunman Juan Jesus Vergel de Dios who even smiled at her. De Dios, she said, was carrying what looked like an Uzi submachine gun (inset). She picked out the gun from the photos of firearms shown her by the NBI and identified de Dios through a glass window at NBI 7.(SUN.STAR FOTOS/RUEL ROSILLO) THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7 got a “prize catch” a day after one suspect in the Lao-Soreño ambush took back his confession. A 42-year-old laundrywoman volunteered yesterday to cooperate with the NBI 7, after she saw Juan Jesus Vergel de Dios in the local television news program “Balitang Bisdak” last Thursday. [full story]

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