The United States Embassy in Manila lauded on Monday the arrest of two convicts involved in the high-profile murder of US Marine Major George Anikow, the husband of a former US Embassy employee, in 2012.
“The US Embassy in the Philippines welcomes the arrests of Galicano Datu III on June 12 in Mandaluyong City and Crispin dela Paz on June 14 in Marikina City by the National Bureau of Investigation [NBI] for the violent death of George Anikow on Nov. 24, 2012, bringing some measure of justice to this senseless crime,” the US Embassy said in a statement.
“We appreciate the cooperation of Philippine law enforcement authorities in locating and apprehending the perpetrators,” the statement added.
NBI Director Dante Gierran said Datu and Dela Paz were charged and convicted for brutally killing Anikow in Bel-Air subdivision near Rockwell Center, Makati City, on Nov. 24, 2012.
Upon learning an arrest warrant was issued against him on April 18, Datu “went into hiding in a prominent condominium in Mandaluyong City” using his live-in partner as lessee or tenant.
Dela Paz, on the other hand, was arrested after a car chase from San Pedro, Laguna, to Marikina City, where he was apprehended.