Cult leader and former Dinagat Islands Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr., the country’s most wanted fugitive who carried a P2-million bounty on his head, was arrested early on Thursday by the police. ADVERTISEMENTPolice Gen. Archie Gamboa, Philippine National Police chief, later presented Ecleo at Camp Crame in Quezon City. He commended the police for the arrest of Ecleo, whom he described as the “Philippines’ most wanted fugitive.”“The arrest of Ecleo will send a chilling message to all other fugitives: You can run but you cannot hide,” Gamboa said. He was convicted of murder in 2012 by the Cebu City Regional Trial Court (RTC). Police officers were serving an arrest warrant for the Jan. 5, 2002, murder of his wife whom he strangled in their home in Cebu City.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 30, 2020 21:36 UTC