By Liezel Basa Iñigo
A former member of the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army,(CPP-NPA) in Isabela turned hired killer and now being tagged as responsible to a series of killings.
Police Supt. Ariel N. Quilang, Ilagan City Police Station chief of police, reported to PC Supt. Robert G. Quenery, regional director, Police Regional Office (PRO2) that after two months of thorough investigation, had established a concrete evidence against Warlito Cardona alias “ Ka Rambo,” as the primary suspect in the series of killings in Ilagan City, Isabela.
A cross-matching examination by the ballistic examiner of the Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) found out that the firearm used in the three shooting incidents transpired in Ilagan City.
His victims included identified as Kyle Lawrence Balisi, still in coma, and Villa Mae Sevilla, 22 years old, survived, both residents of Barangay Sta. Isabel, Ilagan City.