Nueva Ecija Provincial Jail in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija (Google maps)
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija — Three drug suspects escaped from the Nueva Ecija provincial jail on April 8 and have not yet been caught so authorities have asked their families to cooperate with the manhunt, Nueva Ecija provincial administrator Alejandro Abesamis said on Wednesday (April 26).
The jailbreak was not entered in the official police blotter when the Philippine Daily Inquirer checked.
Fugitives Paterno Pagaduan of Talavera town in Nueva Ecija, Gerardo Padawan of Malolos City in Bulacan province and Celso Ortiz-Luiz Panes of Cabiao town, also in Nueva Ecija were all facing charges for drug peddling with no bail recommended.
The inmates reportedly escaped at 1:30 p.m. by jumping off a concrete fence separating the jailhouse and the Hall of Justice which was under construction. SFM