CAMP GEN. ALEJO SANTOS, Bulacan—Gate security and police movements are back to normal at this camp on Tuesday as carjack gang leader Raymond Dominguez had been moved out and brought to Quezon City on Monday night for inquest proceedings at Quezon City Justice Hall.
Earlier on Saturday night, thinking it is safer to face murder and additional carjacking cases before police authorities in his own place, Dominguez, alleged leader of a notorious carjack gang operating in Metro Manila and Central Luzon and was a subject of PNP manhunt as the alleged mastermind in the gruesome murder of car dealers Emerson Lozano, Venson Evangelista and another victim, surrendered to lawmen at this camp.
Dominguez, 26 from Barangay Iba O’Este in Calumpit town was accompanied by his mother when he brought himself up to police officials at the Bulacan Provincial Police Office (PPO) at this camp past 9pm on Saturday.
His mother later left his son at the hands of OIC Provincial Director Wendy Rosario. He spent his night at the Intelligence Investigation Unit under the watch of its head, Supt. Dario Menor who serves as his temporary custodian.
Atty. Joey Cruz, Dominguez lawyer said Roger Dominguez, brother of Raymond who is also under a manhunt operation by the PNP for the same charges will also turn himself in to Bulacan police officials Sunday.
But while this news is being written Saturday, already a week after Raymond has turned himself in, Roger has yet to proceed with the said plan.

Camp Alejo gate closed
Early on Jan. 23, the gate of this camp was temporarily closed and media members including TV networks channel 2, 5 and 7, NEWS CORE and an Inquirer Photographer from Manila office are prevented from entering the gate.
The gates were only opened in the afternoon when Rosario arrived.
Atty. Cruz who told NEWS CORE Sunday that certainly Raymond will be kept safe at Camp Alejo Santos said the gates are made close on Sunday and will be opened tomorrow (Monday). “For sure Raymond is safe in their arms. He should thank the police,” Cruz said in a text message reply.
The lawyer denying any threat on the life of his client said the closure of the gate could be just one way for Dominguez of taking a rest from visitors including media. “Siguro nag re-rest lang to prepare for tomorrow
Tomorrow is another day,” he said in a text message reply. Menor could not be contacted on his mobile phone to answer query why the gate of this camp was closed.
Raymond told reporters on Saturday night his surface at this camp and that of his brother is not a surrender as he denied the police accusations and charges they masterminded the said killings including the driver of Lozano whose dead and charred bodied of all the victims were found in different places in Central Luzon.
“Hindi po kami sumusuko dahil wala naman kaming kasalanan, hindi po totoo ang mga bintang sa amin,” he said.
According to Dominguez, he presented himself to be under the custody of the police to thwart any attempt on his life because of the manhunt operation launched by the PNP against him.
“Nagpa-custody po ako, hindi surrender,” he said.
But, Supt. Agrimero Cruz, PNP spokesperson based in Camp Crame Quezon City told NEWS CORE in a text message reply that murder and carjacking cases were already filed against the Dominguez brothers along with seven other suspects before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office on Saturday night.
The PNP Spokesman said the brothers will be brought to Camp Olivas, region 3 police office in San Fernando, Pampanga or in Camp Crame to face police probers. He said the two may be brought either at Camp Olivas or in Camp Crame depending on the situation.
But on Monday night ( Jan. 24) Raymond was moved out of this camp and brought to Quezon City Justice Hall for inquest proceedings.
OIC Bulacan Police Director Senior Supt. Wendy Rosario admitted to NEWS CORE he and the rest of the police in this camp were relieved of some pressure on the security measure they have to implement and bear during the stay of Dominguez.
“Although we are used to pressure because it is normal to police work, in the case of keeping Dominguez here for quite sometime left us to enforce more security measure and that’s why his transfer to Quezon City gave us a feeling of relief,” he said.
Saying Dominguez has been receiving threats to his life, they have to tighten the security of the camp. “May mga threats daw si Raymond kaya nagdagdag kami ng extra security, mahirap ng masingitan kami,” he added.
With Dominguez no longer seeking police security at this camp, the numbers of police personnel manning the gates were returned to two unlike during his stay it was increased to as many as six to eight each with long firearms and in full battle gear.
Heavy armed police troops both from Bulacan Provincial Police Office and from the PNP regional camp in Camp Olivas, Pampanga on board a number of vehicles escorted Dominguez out of this camp on his way to Quezon City on Monday night.
Atty. Joey Cruz, lawyer of Raymond said he was surprised on the sudden decision to transfer his client to Quezon City. He described the transfer as already an arrest of his client.
Cruz also expressed no conformity with the police inquest of Dominguez saying there is no continuing inquest because the earlier arrested suspects have already underwent inquest proceedings. “It should already be a regular preliminary investigation for my clients. Closed na dapat ang pag inquest dun sa bakla at kasama nito, (referring to Alfredo Mendiola and Parulan) di na pwede open kina Dominguez,” he said.
Menor who served as police custodian of Dominguez expressed a similar relief over the transfer of Dominguez. “Wala na ako binabantayan ngayon, hindi na ako yaya, o yayo,” he said.
Earlier on Monday, media members were no longer allowed to personally see and interview Dominguez saying the mother asked them not to allow more media interviews on the request of her son.
Dominguez spent his two nights stay inside some of the rooms and offices in this camp with heavily armed police on guard.
According to Rosario, despite pressure on the security at this camp during Dominguez stay, the camp is still ready and willing to accommodate Roger if he wishes to also seek initial police protective custody before similar transfer to Camp Crame.
Cruz said Raymond is now at the Custodial Center of Camp Crame in Quezon City and in constant communication with him using the suspect’s mobile phone.
Cruz said he remained the lawyer of the Dominguez brothers in all their existing past cases now being heard in Bulacan and Pampanga courts and the new cases filed against them before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office.
The lawyer said he only asked his lawyer friend for assistance to pitch in for him during Raymond’s in quest proceeding at Quezon City on Monday night because he was really exhausted and that he has to attend to his mother that time.
Rosario suddenly replaced Bulacan Police Director Senior Supt. Fernando Villanueva on Saturday for still undetermined grounds.
On November 2010, Raymond made his first surrender to Bulacan Prosecutors and had been placed inside the Bulacan Provincial Jail after the police also launched an earlier manhunt against him for alleged series of carjack cases he committed.
Eleven carjack charges including robbery, drugs and violation to Omnibus election code (gun ban) were filed against him with one case inclusion of homicide before Bulacan courts. He managed to went out of jail on Dec. 29 after posting bail for all the said charges.
Dominguez has been frequenting the courts of Bulacan in Malolos City since on Tuesday including on Wednesday attending court hearings of the charges filed against hi. He is being escorted by heavy police security from Camp Crame Custodial Center.

Carjack in Angat
But, at the height of the police ongoing investigation and operation to solve the said killings of car dealers, Hector Sencioco robbed Aida Illescas and took away her colored blue Honda Civic car with plate number USX 494 in their place in Barangay Marungko in Angat town at around past 6 in the morning Tuesday.
Police running after the suspect led to a police car chase up to Pampanga.
Maj. Irwin Tadeo, Angat town police chief said they received a phone call at 6:45 am that Sensioco living just near Illescas and Apolonia Cruz’s house in Barangay Marungko suddenly barged inside the house and armed with a .38 caliber revolver demanded huge amount of money from the victim.
Tadeo said Illescas wife is a cousin of Sencioco. The suspect after taking away P80,000 cash money from the victims at gun point used the said car as his get away vehicle.
Tadeo said the victims were about to open their Feed Mix store when the suspect barged in.
Rosario said they are still investigating if Sencioco is a member of Dominguez carjack gang or belonging to other carjack groups in Central Luzon.
He said however, what the suspect staged was a robbery hold-up and not intentionally a carjack operation. The car was used as a gate away vehicle, he added.