A Muntinlupa City judge today ordered the arrest of Senator Leila De
Lima for one of the three drug trafficking cases filed by the
Department of Justice in relation to her alleged participation in the
proliferation of illegal drugs inside the New Bilibid Prison, GMA
News reported.
Judge Juanita Guerrero of the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court
Branch 204 reportdely issued the arrest warrants for De Lima and her
co-accused, former Bureau of Corrections officer-in- charge Rafael
Ragos and her former driver-bodyguard Ronnie Dayan.
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II welcomed the development,
saying in a television interview that the arrest order was "expected
because we filed a strong case," the report said.
Citing Ragos' affidavit, the DOJ alleged that De Lima received around
P10 million from drug payoffs from November 2012 to January 2013.
Ragos said he delivered, along with aide Jovencio Ablen Jr., the
money to De Lima's house in Parañaque City, the media report stated.
"In December 2012, he (Ragos) received a call to deliver a plastic bag
containing money from (convict) Peter Co to Dayan. The bag was left
on his bedside at the BuCor quarters. He and Ablen went to the house
of De Lima, where he handed the bag to Dayan," the DOJ reportedly
said in a joint resolution.
"On four occasions in January 2013, he received P1.7 million from
Ablen broken down as follows: P1 million, P300,000 and two
P200,000, all of which came from inmates. He delivered the money to
Dayan at De Lima's house," it added.
