A man found with bullet holes in the head in Dasmariñas City, Cavite, last Thursday, is the seventh victim of “salvage” (a police term for summary execution) in the province this month, a police official said Friday.

Senior Superintendent Primitivo T. Tabujara Jr., Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) acting director, wants a deeper investigation into the killing of this latest salvage victim, whose body was found at an alley in Dara Subdivision, Barangay Salitran I in Dasmariñas around 6:40 p.m. Thursday.

“There were orders from the chief to investigate the killings. Concerned officers were ordered to submit reports about the alleged executions,” said Chief Inspector Milagros N. Sanchez, PPO information officer.

Sanchez said the victim bore bullet wounds in the head and body and that a placard found on his body read: “Etong Nararapat (sa) Mga Taong Salot ng Lipunan.” (This is Just Right for the Society’s Criminals.”

Police Officer 2 Ronald Lorenzo, case investigator, said he believed that the unidentified man was shot and killed on the spot as three deformed slugs for a .45-caliber pistol and gun of unknown caliber were found in the same alley.

The victim was found wearing a red cap, black jacket, printed white t-shirt and short pants. He was about 5’6” tall; aged between 30 and 35; of fair complexion; and sporting long hair.

His body was found by barangay tanod Saturnino C. Calitis, 44, and his wife Linda while they were walking in the area.

The other Friday, the bodies of two women were found separately on a rough alley called Mag-asawang Mangga in 11th Street, Barangay Bangcal, Carmona town, and in Sitio Lambac, Barangay Malainen, Luma, Naic town.

At least four bodies of women were discovered in Cavite since March 1.

The first find was a woman with a black traveling bag at a grassy lot off Daanghari Road in Molino IV, Bacoor, on March 1 while the second was found in General Mariano Alvarez (GMA) on March 8.

Two dead men with wounds in the head and body were also found two separate places also in Bacoor on March 1.

The police jargon “salvage” is derived from the Tagalog word “sinalbahe” which means to bad to.