Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Akrho member arrested in San Nicolas
An alleged righthand man of Aristotle “Ares” Aves, one of Cebu City’s most wanted and an Alpha Kappa Rho (Akrho) member, was arrested in a manhunt in Barangay San Nicolas, Cebu City last Sunday night.
Bernabe “Bobby” Boro, 22, was arrested 19 months after police tagged him as one of the seven suspects in the death of a carpenter last Jan. 12, 2004.
A stray bullet hit carpenter Eduardo Paradero, 48, during a shootout between rival fraternities Akrho and Tau Gamma Phi on R. Padilla St. in Duljo-Fatima.
The Homicide Section filed a homicide case against five Akrho members, including Boro and Aves, and two members of Tau Gamma for Paradero’s death.
A team lead by Insp. George Ylanan, chief of the Vice Control Section, used the warrant of arrest issued by Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Simeon Dumdum for the same case in arresting Boro at 10:30 p.m. Sunday.
Bail was placed at P40,000.
Acting on information given by a member of the barangay intelligence network, Ylanan’s team went to C. Padilla corner Carlock Sts. and arrested Boro, who was talking with four other men.
Boro’s companions were also taken in for questioning but were released.
Ylanan, chief of Task Force Aves created by the Cebu City Police Office, said they received information that Aves was with Boro in the area.
Ylanan and Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Bureau Chief Pablo Labra II told reporters yesterday that they considered Boro as the right-hand man of Aves in going after members of the rival fraternity.
Labra said Boro, of B. Aranas Ext., is “almost always” with Aves whenever the latter allegedly carries out a crime.
Aves is now considered as the ninth most wanted person in Central Visayas, with a recommended P100,000 reward for his arrest, Labra said. Aves is also in the top three of most wanted persons in Cebu City.
Boro, in a separate interview with reporters, denied he was Aves’ right-hand man. He admitted, though, knowing and meeting Aves.
He said the last time he met Aves was last Aug. 8 during the fraternity’s anniversary.
He also denied the accusations against him.
Boro, who was arrested on June 15, 2004 for illegal possession of firearms, accused the media of dragging his name into the incident he had no part in.
Akrho and Tau Gamma have engaged in violent incidents over the years. From January 2004 to Oct. 4 this year, 16 have died and 26 were injured in the conflict between the two groups.
Last Oct. 8, the leaders of the two fraternities agreed before police officials to sign by next week a manifesto to end their
conflict. But less than an hour after the agreement, violence erupted between the rival fraternities, leaving one Akrho member with a gunshot wound in the arm.
About three hours before Boro’s arrest yesterday, an Akrho member was stabbed in Barangay Quiot, Cebu City while trying to pacify an argument between his cousin and a neighbor.
Police, though, said the incident was not fraternity-related.
Restituto Radaza, 28, an Akrho member, was taken to the Cebu City Medical Center for a stab wound in the lower armpit after a certain Keith Brian Daban, 32, attacked him.
Radaza said he was trying to pacify his cousin and Daban, when the latter suddenly stabbed him.
SPO2 Alex Dacua, one of the responding investigators, said Radaza will not file a complaint against Daban after the two settled the incident yesterday. (JST)
(October 11, 2005 issue)
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