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PEOPLE vs Abelardo Parungao

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ABELARDO PARUNGAO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 125812 | 1996-11-28

MELO, J.:


On May 30, 1989, early in the morning, the detention prisoners in Cells No. 2 and 6 of the Pampanga Provincial Jail at the Provincial Capitol in San Fernando, staged a jailbreak. On the occasion thereof, Jail Guards Conrado Basa and Emilardo Valencia were killed, while Jail Guard Arnel Aldana was seriously wounded. Several pieces of firearms valued at P41,000.00 were also forcibly taken and carried away from the Provincial Jail Armory.

The incident triggered the filing on April 16, 1990, of an Information against herein accused-appellant Abelardo Parungao and 15 other prisoners charging them with the crime of Robbery with...