Three men in Iloilo nabbed for rape

By Jennifer P. Rendon

 

Three men facing separate rape charges were nabbed on Nov 9, 2020 in a span of three hours in Iloilo province.

First to fall was Felicito Delicana, 29, a resident of Barangay Bankal, Lemery town.

Members of Lemery and Sara police stations collared Delicana around 7 am Monday at Sitio Buri, Barangay Juaneza, Sara.

Delicana is facing a charge for rape by carnal knowledge in Criminal Case No. 2020-9585.

Judge Jose Mauricio Gomez of the Regional Trial Court Branch 66, Barotac Viejo issued the arrest warrant against the suspect on Oct. 15, 2020. No bail was set for his temporary liberty.

An hour later, members of San Rafael Police Station nabbed Christian Bangero, 26, of Barangay San Geronimo, Barotac Viejo, Iloilo at Sitio Iloco, Barangay Poblacion in San Rafael town.

Bangero is a respondent for two counts rape in Criminal Case Nos. 2020-9610 to 2020-9611.

Judge Oscar Leo Villena of RTC-6 Branch 66, Barotac Viejo issued his arrest warrant with no bail.

At around 10:05 am, members of Zarraga Police Station arrested an elderly man at Barangay Malunang, Zarraga town.

Guillermo Telesforo, 76, of Barangay Guintas, Sigma, Capiz, was collared by the strength of an arrest warrant for statutory rape in Criminal Case No. C-11-1132-05.

RTC Judge Ignacio Alajar issued the warrant of arrest on May 30, 2011. No bail was set for Telesforo’s temporary freedom.

Last week, the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) said that almost one-third of rape cases that happened while Western Visayas is on community quarantine were perpetrated by those who are closely related to the victims.

PRO-6 records showed there were 307 reported rape incidents from March to September 2020.

The number, though, is lower compared to 403 cases of the same period last year.