Another Maguindanao massacre suspect falls

MANILA, Philippines – Another suspect of the November 2009 Maguindanao massacre was arrested before dawn today, a high ranking police official said.

Police spokesman Senior Superintendent Agrimero Cruz identified the suspect as Nasser Esmael (33), charged with 197 others for the murders of at least 57 people in the hinterlands of Ampatuan town.

Cruz said elements from Maguindanao Provincial Police Office nabbed Esmael in his house in Barangay Meta in Datu Unsay town around 1:00 a.m. today

The suspect, a driver of Andal Ampatuan Jr., was arrested through a warrant issued by Judge Jocelyn Solit-Reyes of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court branch 221. He was now in the custody of the ARMM police. (report from Philstar.com)