Man arrested in Palawan 20 years after raping minor

Felipe Aquino was found guilty of raping an underage girl in the town of Rizal in Palawan back in April 1996. A warrant of arrest was issued against him 1998 but he went on the run.

This year, the police finally traced Aquino, now 53, in Barangay Isaub in Aborlan, Palawan. They set out to arrest him on Sun, Mar 13.

“Aborlan town police chief Vicente Cabatingan said Aquino attempted to elude arrest but was cornered by policemen at a piggery,” reports Raffy Santos on ABS-CBNnews.com.

Police later found out that Aquino had been working house caretaker for Isaub village chief Joselito Temple.




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