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PEOPLE. Vs. Andres Manglallan, etal.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANDRES MANGLALLAN y ARDAN alias "Ka Elmer," VIRGILIO BALLESTEROS y ANDRADA alias "Ka Felix" and CESAR ALVAREZ alias "Ka Karte," accused, ANDRES MANGLALLAN y ARDAN alias "Ka Elmer," defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-38538 | 1988-04-15

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

On September 3, 1972 in Barrio Punti East, Sta. Ana, Cagayan, Ka Daniel who appears to be the leader of the New People's Army (NPA) in the area directed Andres Manglallan, Cesar Alvarez, Domingo Ramos, and Virgilio Ballesteros, members of the NPA to go to Barrio Punti and kill one Apolonio Ragual who was suspected by Ka Daniel to be a Philippine Constabulary (PC) informer. Said four went to the barrio of Ragual, Manglallan carrying a Browning shotgun, Ramos a Thompson, Alvarez a carbine and Ballesteros, a homemade gun called Bulldog. They arrived at Punti at 9:00 A.M. and they saw Ragual at the river bank...