Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 22) — One of the suspects in the gruesome Maguindanao massacre in 2009 was arrested in Mohon, Tagoloan town, in Misamis Oriental on Friday, police said.
Units from the police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, or CIDG, caught Nasser Adam, charged for murder, around 4 p.m. A Quezon City court issued the arrest warrant and no bail was recommended.
Authorities said the suspect has been working as a security guard in a soft drinks company in the town. The group tagged Adam as the most wanted person involved in the Maguindanao massacre but he was not listed as “guilty” in the Supreme Court verdict last December.
However, he was one of 80 suspects listed as “at large” in the case. According the verdict, Adam attended some of the meetings where the killings were discussed.
The government had earlier vowed to give a ₱300,000 reward for information leading to the suspect’s arrest.
Fifty-eight persons, including 32 media workers were killed in the Maguindanao incident, which was branded as the worst case of election-related violence and media attack in the country.
