FORMER Police Senior Superintendent Michael Ray Aquino declared his innocence about the 2000 murder of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver Emmanuel Corbito upon his arrival from the United States heavily escorted by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation.
THE U.S. Court of Appeals has found probable cause for former Police Officer Michael Ray Aquino to be extradited to the Philippines to stand trial for the Dacer-Corbito double-murder case. “Upon review of the record, we conclude that competent evidence supports the probable cause finding in this case,” according to a May 3 certified true copy of the court’s judgment affirming the ruling handed down by the District Court for New Jersey last Oct. 14.
FORMER Police Officer Michael Ray Aquino is expected to be extradited soon to the Philippines to face murder charges in connection with the November 2000 slaying of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver after a U.S. Court of Appeals denied this week his last-ditch petition for a rehearing.
By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
FORMER police officer Michael Ray Aquino has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals to junk the Philippine government’s request that he be extradited for the murder of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and Dacer’s driver, Emmanuel Corbito.
IT was former police Senior Superintendent Michael Ray Aquino who gave the order to “get” publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer, who was kidnapped along with his driver Emmanuel Corbito on Nov. 24, 2000 and found dead days later. A four-page affidavit executed on March 1, 2007 by former police Senior Superintendent Cezar Mancao II, who will