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PEOPLE vs. Sixto Recio, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SIXTO RECIO y MAGPANTAY and ZENAIDA VALENCIA y de VALENCIA, accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 118104-06 | 1997-11-28

D E C I S I O N

ROMERO, J:

Appellants Sixto Recio and Zenaida Valencia were each charged with one count of illegal recruitment and two counts of estafa before the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 5, in separate informations which read as follows:

I. Criminal Case No. 92-108476 - Illegal Recruitment

"That in (sic) or about and during the period comprised (sic) between the month of May 1992 and April 1992, inclusive, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused conspiring and confederating together and mutually helping each other, representing themselves to have the capacity to contract workers for employment abroad, did...