Bet for mayor faces gun raps

BOHOL—A candidate for mayor in Bohol is facing charges after several firearms and rounds of ammunition were found in his house where two militiamen were ambushed on May 4.

A complaint of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition was filed against Alfonso del Rosario Jr. in the Bohol provincial prosecutor’s office on Wednesday, said Senior Supt. Constantino Barot Jr., Bohol police chief.

He said the complaint was filed after Del Rosario’s house in Barangay Cantuba in Buenavista town yielded high powered firearms during a raid.

Del Rosario, a Liberal Party candidate, is challenging the reelection bid of Buenavista Mayor Ronald Tirol of the Nationalist People’s Coalition.

Police recovered two assault rifles from Del Rosario’s house on Saturday, shortly after the ambush of militiamen Ruel Torregosa and Auzardi Garcia in front of Del Rosario’s house. Carmel Loise Matus, Inquirer Visayas