A journalist will file administrative and criminal charges against police after she was arrested at an airport in Cagayan de Oro in a case of “mistaken identity.”

Davao Today columnist Margarita Valle was arrested by officers of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Region 9 at the Laguindingan Airport on Sunday for a warrant issued against an Elsa Renton with an alias of Tina Maglaya and Fidelina Margarita Valle, an alleged communist party member, on charges of arson and multiple murder with quadruple frustrated murder and damage to government property.

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