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People vs. Baltazar De Leon and Benjie De Leon

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BALTAZAR DE LEON and MARIETTA DE LEON @ "BENJIE," accused. BALTAZAR DE LEON, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 104995 | 1993-08-26

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., J.:

This case involves the crime of illegal recruitment. At its bottom are the hapless citizens in search of a better life who still fall victim to the false promise of employment in foreign lands and the inhumanity of illegal recruiters who prey upon the misfortunes of the former and make a mockery of the law.

In an information filed on 28 February 1991 by the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Rizal with the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pasig, Metro Manila, and assigned to Branch 156 1 thereof, the accused Baltazar de Leon and Marietta de Leon, alias "Benjie," who are husband and wife, were...