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PEOPLE vs. Ruben De La Cruz, Et Al. 116 Phil. 140

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff, vs. RUBEN DE LA CRUZ, CEFERINO BAGUION and FELECIANO DANTE, defendants.

G.R. No. L-14187 | 1962-08-31

D E C I S I O N 


MAKALINTAL, J.: 

 On March 4, 1958, during one of the riots and disturbances which, over a protracted period, rocked the national penitentiary at Muntinlupa, wherein two rival groups of prisoners known as "Oxo" and "Sige-sige" gangs were principally involved, four convicts figured among the fatalities: Ernesto Tolentino, Monico Tanquin, Jose Blanco and Dominador Arcilla. For that particular incident six other convicts were charged with multiple murder in the Court of First Instance of Rizal (criminal case No. 7697). They are Ruben de la Cruz, Ceferino Banguion, Feliciano Dante, Tranquilino Oroc, German Puertas...