Chalssea Kate Echegoyen

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Jessie Cruzat

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MANILA (UPDATED) – A sitting vice mayor of Marantao, Lanao del Sur was arrested in Iligan City on Friday after police tracked him down in connection to separate murder and frustrated murder cases.Ali Eskandar Unte Alonto III, also known as Bimmy Alonto, 36, was taken into police custody at a hotel in Barangay San Miguel at around 8:45 a.m. on Aug. 21, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said.Alonto’s arrest warrant was served at Crystal Inn after intelligence personnel and tracker teams confirmed that he was in the area.The warrants, issued on July 15 by the Regional Trial Court Branch 44 in Initao, Misamis Oriental, cover a murder case with no recommended bail and a separate frustrated murder case with bail set at P200,000.According to Police Regional Office 10 chief information officer PMaj. Joann Navarro, the cases stemmed from a shooting incident on February 16, 2026 in Barangay Tubigan, Initao, Misamis Oriental, in which two women were shot.&quot;Yung isa ay namatay at yung isa naman ay sugatan. Yung sugatan ay isang menor de edad. And during the investigation po ng ating kapulisan, we have come up with an airtight caseAnd nasampahan po natin ng kaso successfully sa korte kaya po lumabas itong warrant of arrest,&quot; said Navarro. Navarro said police have yet to establish the motive behind the shooting.&quot;As of ngayon pa po, wala pa po akong information as to the motive but usually pag ang motibo talaga, makukuha natin yan, ang real motive during the trial. Diyan po talaga natin ma-determine. Buti arrested naman po itong akusado, then definitely during the trial malalaman po talaga natin kung anong naging motibo kung bakit binaril niya yung dalawang biktima,&quot; Navarro added. Alonto is the incumbent vice mayor of Marantao, having won the 2025 local elections with 8,887 votes, or 24.59% of the votes cast in the vice mayoral race. His name was later placed on police wanted lists following the issuance of the warrants.The PNP said Alonto became the No. 1 wanted person at the municipal level in Marantao, No. 3 on the Lanao del Sur provincial list, and No. 4 on the regional list of wanted persons of Police Regional Office 10.Police said they had been tracking Alonto since the warrants were issued last month.Alonto is currently under the custody of Police Station 1 of the Iligan City Police Office for proper disposition.He has yet to issue an official statement as of this writing.

A sitting vice mayor of Marantao, Lanao del Sur was arrested in Iligan City on Friday after police tracked him down in connection with separate murder and frustrated murder cases.

A sitting vice mayor of Marantao, Lanao del Sur was arrested in Iligan City on Friday after police tracked him down in connection with separate murder and frustrated murder cases.

Marantao vice mayor arrested in Iligan over murder, frustrated murder cases

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Marantao vice mayor arrested in Iligan over murder, frustrated murder cases

Chalssea Kate Echegoyen,

Jessie Cruzat,

ABS-CBN News

Published August 22, 2026 03:20 PM PHT

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Updated August 22, 2026 03:55 PM PHT

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