12 inmates escape from Batangas jail

Camp Vicente Lim, Laguna: Twelve inmates at Malvar Police jail in Batangas bolted at dawn on Monday by cutting the steel bars of the 10-foot high ventilation window of the detention cell.

Inspector Hazel Lumaang, Batangas Police Public Information Office chief, identified the escapees as Diego Baes Barola, Melvin Tacia Ona, Jerald Estrella Rivo, Leodegario Silva Lara Jr., John Raniel Hiwatig Castillo, Arvie Santillan Villegas, El King Paulino Leonida, Carissa May Cauilan Salagan, Noel Garcia Malpas, Artemio Joloan Castillo and Moris Rap Publico--all facing illegal drug cases--and Freddie Custodio, who is charged with murder.