Degamo suspect: I was coerced to link Teves

By William B. Depasupil

May 23, 2023 12:38 am

(UPDATE) ONE of the detained suspects in the brazen killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo and 10 others on Monday formally recanted his statement given to police investigators.

Osmundo Rivero, represented by counsel Harold Montalbo, filed before the Department of Justice (DoJ) a counter-affidavit and an affidavit of recantation, claiming that he was coerced by police investigators in linking Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. to the crime.

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