Ex-Ilocos town mayor tagged in murder of coop exec nabbed in QC

Mugshot of former Dingras, Ilocos Norte Mayor Marynette Gamboa. Photo from the Quezon Police District – Public Information Office

MANILA, Philippines – A former mayor of Dingras, Ilocos Norte who was tagged in the 2009 murder of an executive of the Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC), was arrested in Quezon City on Friday afternoon.

Former Dingras Mayor Marynette Gamboa, 55, was the alleged mastermind behind the ambush of Dingras Mayor-elect Joefrey Saguid and the killing of INEC president Lorenzo Rey Ruiz.

Officers of the Eastwood police station led by Romulus Hadaoni and the Regional Intelligence Division (RID) of the Police Regional Office 1 (PRO-1) served the arrest warrant issued by Regional Trial Court Branch 17 Judge Felix Salvador in Batac, Ilocos Norte against Gamboa who was arrested in Eastwood, Barangay Bagumbayan at around 1 p.m.

Quezon City Police District chief Brig. Gen. Joselito Esquivel said Gamboa was brought to Eastwood police station before being transferred to the Ilocos Norte police station on Saturday morning.  (Editor: Mike U. Frialde)