11 October 2005
Ilocos Sur’s 3rd most wanted shot dead in Binalonan
LINGAYEN – The third most wanted man in the province of Ilocos Sur was killed Friday morning in a shootout with lawmen who went to arrest him in his hideout in barangay Cili, in Binalonan.
Dead after he shot it out with the lawmen was Reynante Javier, alias “Atong”, who was tagged for robbery-holdups of passengers of air-conditioned buses and a suspected gun-for-hire and cattle rustler.
He had standing warrants of arrest for murder and for violation of Republic Act No. 8294 before Branch 21 of the Regional Trial Court in Vigan City, and before the sala of Municipal Trial Court Judge Iluminada Ines of the Municipal Trial Court in Bantay, Ilocos Sur, respectively.
A case for murder against Javier was also filed for the double-slaying of SPO1 Russel Pescador, a member of the Ilocos Sur police, and his wife Rosemarie, last August. He was also the principal suspect in the slaying of the barangay captain of Baleleng in Bantay, Ilocos Sur.
To escape arrest in Ilocos Sur, Javier fled to Binalonan.
Pangasinan PNP Special Operations Group (SOG), Ilocos Sur PNP and Binalonan police went to serve the warrants of arrest on him but Javier pulled out a cal. 41 magnum revolver and fired at them. This prompted lawmen to retaliate, a police report said.
Wounded, Javier tried to escape but was caught by operatives in a nearby creek. He was immediately brought to the municipal health center where he was declared dead on arrival.
Before the fatal encounter, Javier was the subject of a month-long surveillance with the help of residents in the area who noticed his presence. (PNA)
Dead after he shot it out with the lawmen was Reynante Javier, alias “Atong”, who was tagged for robbery-holdups of passengers of air-conditioned buses and a suspected gun-for-hire and cattle rustler.
He had standing warrants of arrest for murder and for violation of Republic Act No. 8294 before Branch 21 of the Regional Trial Court in Vigan City, and before the sala of Municipal Trial Court Judge Iluminada Ines of the Municipal Trial Court in Bantay, Ilocos Sur, respectively.
A case for murder against Javier was also filed for the double-slaying of SPO1 Russel Pescador, a member of the Ilocos Sur police, and his wife Rosemarie, last August. He was also the principal suspect in the slaying of the barangay captain of Baleleng in Bantay, Ilocos Sur.
To escape arrest in Ilocos Sur, Javier fled to Binalonan.
Pangasinan PNP Special Operations Group (SOG), Ilocos Sur PNP and Binalonan police went to serve the warrants of arrest on him but Javier pulled out a cal. 41 magnum revolver and fired at them. This prompted lawmen to retaliate, a police report said.
Wounded, Javier tried to escape but was caught by operatives in a nearby creek. He was immediately brought to the municipal health center where he was declared dead on arrival.
Before the fatal encounter, Javier was the subject of a month-long surveillance with the help of residents in the area who noticed his presence. (PNA)
