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‘SUSPEND PASSPORTS TOO’

Pinoys in Chicago, Midwest US urged to report sightings of suspect in Atio’s death


Filipinos in Chicago and the Midwestern part of the United States have been urged to report to law enforcement authorities any sightings of Ralph Trangia, one of the suspects in the death of law student Horacio “Atio” Castillo III.

Bagong Henerasyon party-list Representative Bernadette Herrera-Dy, chair of the House Committee on Public Information, called on Filipinos living in the area to practice their “civic duty” to help authorities locate Trangia.

Together with his mother, Trangia fled the country for Chicago via Taiwan on September 19, a day before Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II issued a lookout bulletin for the members of the Aegis Juris Fraternity linked to Castillo’s death by hazing.


There are 12,684 registered Filipino overseas voters in Chicago, according to the Philippine consulate in the city.

Herrera-Dy also called for the suspension of the passports of all the suspects in Castillo’s death.

“The movements of these suspects in the tortuous hazing of Castillo must be severely curtailed so that they can be found and arrested,” Dy said in a press release on Saturday.

“They must not be allowed to elude arrest and prosecution to the fullest extent of our laws,” she added.

John Paul Solano, the principal suspect in Castillo’s death, is now in police custody, and could face charges for violation of the Anti-Hazing Law and for perjury after initially giving a “false statement” to the police, Manila Police District Spokesman Superintendent Erwin Margarejo told reporters Friday. — Nicole-Anne Lagrimas/MDM, GMA News

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