THE Department of Justice (DoJ) now holds a vital witness to the hazing death of UST law freshman Horacio Castillo 3rd, tapping one of the top officers of the Aegis Juris Fraternity as a government witness.

Mark Ventura signed up for the witness protection program (WPP) at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, accompanied by his mother Merlene Ventura and lawyer Ferdie Benitez, and bared all that he knew about the September 17 hazing rites that killed Castillo, the DoJ said.

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