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Date: 23 May 2010
Source: The Philippine Star

Two suspected gun-for-hire gangmen were arrested by joint Army and Police forces following a brief firefight in llanera, Nueva Ecija shortly after an aborted murder attempt, the PNP reported yesterday.

In a report to Chief Supt. Arturo Cacdac Jr., PNP regional director in Central Luzon, Provincial police director Senior Supt. Ricardo Marquez identified the suspects as Dennis Vilelia, 30 of Gapan City and Rafael Merez, 25 of Aliaga Nueva Ecija.

Marquez said that prior to the encounter with the suspects in Thursday, the two riding in motorcycle plate 5331-CU has just attempted to kill Bernardo Martin, 51, a sales agent of a bottling company.

Martin was heavily wounded and has been listed in critical condition at an undisclosed hospital.

Marquez also said that Vilelia was tagged for the Dec 8,2009 aborted shooting of a certain Rene Bernalte in Barangay San Ricardo, Talavera, Nueva Ecija.