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Muntinlupa court archives murder case against Bantag, Zulueta

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Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Bureau of Corrections Director General Gerald Bantag arrives during an “Oplan Galugad” inside the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong City on March 4, 2020. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/tvpatrol/06/29/20200304-oplan-galugad-gc-5629.jpg"/><figcaption>Bureau of Corrections Director General Gerald Bantag arrives during an “Oplan Galugad” inside the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong City on March 4, 2020. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATED)</strong> — A Muntinlupa City court has ordered the archiving of the murder case against former Bureau of Corrections director general Gerald Bantag and his former deputy Ricardo Zulueta, who both remained at large. </p><p>The case stemmed from the death of New Bilibid Prisons inmate Jun Villamor, an alleged middleman in the killing of broadcaster Percival Mabasa or Percy Lapid. </p><p>The Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court Branch 206 set aside the case after the other suspects, Alvin Labra, Aldrin Galicia, Mario Alvarez, Christian Ramac, Ricky Salgado, Ronnie Dela Cruz, Joel Reyes, and Joseph Georfo all pleaded guilty to the lesser offense of acting as accomplice or accessory to murder. </p><p>“Considering that the other accused in this case, accused DG Gerald Bantag y Quitaleg and CT/SSUPT. Ricardo Zulueta y Soriano, are not yet arrested, let this case be sent to the archive subject to revival upon arrest of said accused,” Presiding Judge Gener Gito said in his order dated June 27, 2023. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/19/23/p2m-reward-offered-for-info-on-ex-bucor-chief-bantag">DOJ, NBI offer P2M reward for info on Bantag, P1M on Zulueta</a></li></ul><p>For accused Alvarez, Ramac, Salgado, Dela Cruz and Reyes, the court sentenced them to suffer imprisonment of 6 to 14 years.</p><p>They were also ordered to pay the private complainant a total of P225,000 for civil indemnity, moral damages and exemplary damages. </p><p>Labra, Galicia and Georfo got 2 to 8 years imprisonment and were also ordered to pay the private complainant a total of P150,000 for civil indemnity and damages. </p><p>The court also ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to transfer the custody of Galicia, Alvarez, Ramac, Salgado, Dela Cruz and Reyes to the Bilibid for the service of their sentence.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Department of Justice explained that archiving was a normal process and the court could still revive the murder charges against Bantag and Zulueta should they surrender or be arrested.</p><p>Archiving also allows courts to work on other pending cases, added the agency.</p><p>&quot;Yung archive ho ibig sabihin lang nyan ay hindi tumatakbo, kasi kung hindi mo i-archive &#x27;yan magkakaroon ng problema sa docket yung korte kasi dapat yung kasong ganyan ay hindi dapat mabinbin ng napakatagal…at may epekto &#x27;yun sa performance ng isang korte so ang ginagawa nila archive subject to revival,&quot; DOJ officer-in-charge Undersecretary Raul Vasquez said. </p><p>(Archiving cases only mean these cases are put on hold, because if you don&#x27;t archive them, it will cause problems in the court docket since cases like these should not take long...and it also affects the performance of the courts. That&#x27;s why they archive subject to revival.) </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/20/23/doj-says-confident-ex-bucor-chief-bantag-still-in-ph">DOJ says confident ex-BuCor chief Bantag still in Philippines</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/19/23/bantag-faces-new-criminal-case">Bantag faces new coercion case after torture raps</a></li></ul><div><strong>— With a report from Johnson Manabat, 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=2687676" 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>

A Muntinlupa City court has ordered the archiving of the murder case against former Bureau of Corrections director general Gerald Bantag. 

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Muntinlupa court archives murder case against Bantag, Zulueta

Adrian Ayalin,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 29, 2023 12:58 PM PHT

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Updated June 29, 2023 05:46 PM PHT

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