Suspended Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. is considered one of the masterminds in the killing of Governor Roel Degamo and eight others on March 4, 2023.
In a press conference yesterday, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said they are still looking for two of the three masterminds in the crime.
“They can be contacted. I think there is something on social media there. ‘The other one, someone texted me. I told you last week, Cong. Teves texted me. They are being considered as masterminds,” said the secretary.
He said the investigation they are doing is progressing.
Remulla also said that former Negros Oriental governor Pryde Henry Teves, the younger brother of the embattled congressman, may also be involved in Degamo’s case following the raid on his sugar mill last weekend.
Several heavy weapons, ammunition, and explosives were recovered from the 50-hectare compound of former governor Teves in Barangay Caranoche, town of Santa Catalina from Friday to Sunday.
Remulla said the suspects arrested in Degamo’s case said they saw the making of the explosives found in the raid.
Rep. Teves one of the masterminds in Degamo slay – DOJ
“Well this is used for terrorism, used for assassination, to create havoc, to kill people, he saw that being done, and the person doing it then that he said, the person doing it was not part of the people arrested as well, who was among those Surrender,” he said.
Remulla said that the younger Teves would undergo a preliminary investigation. He assured that all the rights of all involved in the case would be respected, including their right to due process.
The Special Task Force Degamo is convinced that former Negros Oriental Governor Pryde Henry Teves has a private armed group after discovering firearms, ammunition and explosives.
In the press conference held at Camp Crame, DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos, Jr., PNP Chief Gen Rodolfo Azurinz, Jr., and AFP Chief Gen Andres Centino shared the same statement that Teves had a group based on the unearthed high caliber guns, ammunition and explosives at the sugar mill compound in Sta Catalina.
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