Pangasinan Today

 By ROLAND A. HIDALGO

 Publisher

The culprits remain at large since the erstwhile mayor of this city was gunned down while gracing the coronation rites of the

Bereaved over the untimely death of the chief executive, the Resuello family, with the help of friends, supporters and sympathizers, have raised painstakingly, the reward money from its initial amount of P500,000 to P2 million at present.

While one of the triggermen, whom elements of the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO) identified as Angelito Mamaril, has already been placed behind cold bars, Chief Superintendent Isagani Nerez, PPPO head, admitted to the Pangasinan Today that the task force assigned to carry a manhunt operation against the two other suspects, is still facing a blank wall.

Armed with information culled from the operation of the task force, Nerez identified the prime suspect as Cesar “Cabesa” De Guzman, who is being pointed to as the man who aimed his gun and shot the former mayor while attending the coronation rites at the auditorium.

At present, the PPPO recognizes De Guzman as the number one most wanted person in Pangasinan.

Mamaril, on the other hand, is suspected to have fired his gun at the policeman who was then serving as the bodyguard of the slain official during the incident.

Nerez vowed to enhance the networking of information of the PPPO. He appealed to all Pangasinenses to coordinate with the police in searching for the prime suspect and the mastermind behind the Resuello slay.

Meanwhile, Mayor Jullier Resuello said he and his family members are disappointed over the fact that the prime suspect still lurks “somewhere out there” while no trace has ever been established over the identity and whereabouts of the mastermind.

But Nerez admitted that the difficulty in tracing the whereabouts of the prime suspect and the mastermind is due to the fact that the turnout of the needed information is very low and there is no strong hint about the culprits.

Nonetheless, Nerez hinted to the people of