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Dominguez carjacking gang members found guilty in Evangelista killing

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2501384" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATED)</strong> — A Quezon City court on Wednesday found members of the Dominguez car theft gang guilty beyond reasonable doubt in the 2011 killing of car dealer Venson Evangelista. </p><p>Regional Trial Court Branch 215 judge Rafael Hipolito sentenced the accused to reclusion perpetua. </p><p>Originally, the said case was filed against 5 people namely, brothers Roger and Raymond Dominguez, Joel Jacinto, Jayson Miranda, and Ronaldo Talban.</p><p>But Raymond Dominguez died of COVID-19 inside the New Bilibid Prison, while Jacinto died of a heart attack.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/19/21/car-theft-syndicate-leader-raymond-dominguez-found-dead-in-bilibid-cell">Car theft syndicate leader Raymond Dominguez found dead in Bilibid cell</a></li></ul><p>Evangelista&#x27;s father, Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) President Arsenio &quot;Boy&quot; Evangelista, shed tears at the promulgation. </p><p>&quot;Venson, dinala mo ako dito. Ang pangako ko sa &#x27;yo at that time is hanggang dulo lalaban tayo, willing to take the bullet just to see you get justice. Anak, mahal na mahal kita,&quot; he said, his voice cracking. </p><p>(Venson, you brought me here. My promise to you at that time was we would fight until the end, I was willing to take the bullet just to see you get justice. Son, I love you very much.) </p><p>A lawyer of the Dominguez group, lawyer Oscar Caraan, said they would file a motion for reconsideration against the ruling. </p><p>The legal team of Evangelista, however, said that in the past 12 years, enough evidence and witness testimonies have surfaced.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2501223" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>The younger Evangelista&#x27;s charred body was found near an irrigation canal in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija on January 14, 2011. </p><p>The day prior, one of the suspects allegedly went to his car shop in Cubao, Quezon City with a mechanic for a test drive of Evangelista&#x27;s vehicle. It was the last time he was seen alive.</p><p>The victim suffered a deep wound in the nape while his face was covered with packing tape, police had said. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/metro-manila/01/13/12/venson-evangelista-remembered">Venson Evangelista remembered</a></li></ul><p>A suspect later surrendered to the police, confessed to Evangelista&#x27;s murder, and pointed to the Dominguez brothers as the heads of a carjacking syndicate and the brains behind the killing. </p><div><strong>— With a report from Zyann Ambrosio, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2502141" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Members of the Dominguez car theft gang were found guilty beyond reasonable doubt in the 2011 killing of car dealer Venson Evangelista. 