The National Bureau of Investigation has asked the Department of Justice to reconsider its resolution which cleared of murder charges three policemen accused of killing a Quezon City prosecutor last year. In a 14-page motion for reconsideration, the NBI argued that the determination of sufficient evidence to convict Pat. Mercado, Lalimarmo and Lucy were charged with conspiring to kill in an ambush former Quezon City Prosecutor Rogelio Velasco on May 11, 2018. He was the second city prosecutor killed since Johanne Noel Mingoa who was ambushed in January 2017. The NBI also relied on witnesses’ testimonies that Mercado was seen having an argument with Velasco in his office before the ambush.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 02, 2019 21:24 UTC