ABANDONED VEHICLE. The vehicle allegedly used by suspects in the killing of Dumaguete broadcaster Dindo Generoso was found Sunday afternoon (Nov. 10, 2019) at West Balabag in Valencia, Negros Oriental. The Mitsubishi Strada pickup truck is registered in the name of Tomasino Aledro, one of four respondents charged in court in relation to Generoso's death. (Photo by Juancho Gallarde)
MANILA — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has directed the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to issue an Immigration Look-out Bulletin Order against Tomasino Aledro, one of the four suspects in the murder of Dumaguete broadcaster and blocktimer Mercedario “Dindo” Generoso, the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) said Monday.
Aledro was included in the BI’s look-out list, as directed by DOJ Secretary Menardo Guevarra, following the filing of murder charges against the alleged suspects in the killing of Generoso, Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar said.
Andanar said the look-out order is effective since November 8.
“I immediately requested Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, our PTFoMS chair, to direct the Bureau of Immigration to issue a Look-Out Bulletin Order. Aledro was placed on the list since Friday, November 8," said Andanar, co-chair of the PTFoMS, in a statement sent to reporters late Monday night.
It was also on November 8 when the murder case was lodged against Aledro, Teddy Salaw, retired police officer Glen Corsame, and active police officer Roger Rubio before the Dumaguete City prosecutor's office for their supposed links to Generoso’s gruesome murder.
Aledro is the alleged owner of the Mitsubishi Strada pick-up truck reportedly driven by Salaw on the day Generoso was killed.
The pick-up truck, which was seen abandoned in Balabag village in Valencia, Negros Oriental, was supposedly used for Rubio's transfer to a waiting motorcycle driven by Corsame on November 7.
The motorcycle tailed the Hyundai Elantra of Generoso who instantly died after being shot several times by Rubio.
PTFoMs co-chairperson Undersecretary Joel Egco raised the possibility that Aledro might leave the country and reported to be a “financier” of numbers game Suertres and has a role in “illegal gambling operations in his native province”.
“He (Aledro) can use his financial resources to get out of the country," Egco said.
Guevarra said he has already directed Dumaguete City inquest prosecutor Oscar Bokingkito to apply “as soon as possible” for a precautionary hold departure order against the suspects who remain scot-free.
A hold departure order prevents an individual from leaving the country.
A judge of any Regional Trial Court before whom a criminal case is pending must issue an order directing the BI to hold the departure of the any accused who is still at large.
The case may be referred to the DOH by applying for an Immigration Look-out Bulletin Order, should the case not fall on a hold departure order.
Salaw and Corsame were arrested on the same day Generoso was shot to death on November 7.
Generoso, who worked at dyEM FM Bai Radio, served as an anchor for development programs of the local government, including a controversial reclamation project that was recently stopped by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. (PNA)
