On-cam killer part of ‘Pasaway Gang’ used by syndicate, police say - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

On-cam killer part of ‘Pasaway Gang’ used by syndicate, police say - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos: "On-cam killer Arnel Buenaflor may have been merely used as a pawn by syndicate financiers and a top honcho who gives the latter instructions and wanted barangay councilman Reynaldo Dagsa dead because of his anti-crime efforts.

In an interview with the Inquirer, Chief Inspector Cresencio Galvez, chief of the Coloocan police’s intelligence unit, said that the capture of Buenaflor in Isabela on Friday has not closed the case of the slain councilman since Buenaflor and his cohorts would not have had the guts to act on their own considering Dagsa’s reputation as a trained military man who had the support of his constituents.

“He (Dagsa) was a known gun shooter in the area and there were a lot of people supporting him. The Pasaway Gang had the guts to square off with him because they have a backer who finances their activities,” Galvez said.

Galvez reiterated that Dagsa had been targeted for assassination because he was effective in neutralizing street gangs and syndicates in the area."