Two men were found dead hours apart in Manila and Quezon City on Saturday.
One of them was found before dawn stuffed in a box that was dumped into Pasig River near MacArthur Bridge in Ermita, Manila.
Police said the bullet-riddled body was that of Angelito Bello, 31, an alleged member of the Batang City Jail gang.
In Quezon City, around 6 a.m., another body was discovered in a vacant lot at the corner of Bryant and Badger streets in Barangay North Fairview.
PO2 Roldan Cornejo described the second victim to be between 40 and 45 years old, about 5’4” tall, and with the names “Totoy Ramirez,” “Rolly Ramos” and “Egay Sabbath” tattooed on the back.
The unidentified male, who was wearing a green shirt and black denim pants, was found with his hands bound with packaging tape. Nancy C. Carvajal and Jeannette I. Andrade