Pubdate: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 Source: Manila Times (Philippines) Copyright: 2002, The Manila Times Contact: http://www.manilatimes.net/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/921 Author: Jefferson Antiporda CPD CHIEF: 5 AWOL COPS TO FACE CHARGES AUTHORITIES are now preparing criminal charges against five Central Police District (CPD) cops implicated in the summary execution of an Army reservist in Quezon City last week. Senior Supt. Napoleon Castro, CPD chief, said in an interview yesterday that they would file the charges against the five lawmen once investigators gather enough evidence to indict them. Castro said the suspects have not been reporting for work and has since been declared absent without leave (AWOL). The five policemen, Police Officers 1 Henry Garcia, Noel Fabia, Joseph Mike Prado, Ramon Velasco, and a certain Gadal, all assigned to CPD Station 11's Drug Enforcement Unit, are suspected of killing Cris Gonzales last Wednesday morning. Gonzales, whose body was found inside a drum at a vacant lot near the corner of Mindanao Ave. Ext. and Regalado St., has a string of criminal cases, including drug trafficking, car theft and robbery. Witnesses told investigators that the five policemen killed Gonzales following a raid on Gonzales' home in Banawe at dawn Tuesday. The CPD director said he would relieve the five cops' immediate superior officer, Supt. Armando Amparo, for failing to meet the deadline to present them. The names of Amparo's two possible replacements are now with Quezon City Mayor Feliciano "Sonny" Belmonte for approval. The suspects, Castro said, have already sent surrender feelers. Castro, however, declined to elaborate. - --- MAP posted-by: Beth