CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna—The ground commander of the police operation on Jan. 6 that left 13 people dead in Atimonan town, Quezon province, said on Tuesday he did not know that an alleged illegal gambling lord was leading the three-vehicle convoy from Bicol until the last few hours before the encounter. According to Supt. Hansel Marantan, suspended deputy chief of intelligence of the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) police, an informant tipped him off to a fully armed group traveling through Quezon that Sunday, but "there was no mention of Vic Siman." Siman was an alleged operator of the numbers racket "jueteng" in Laguna a...
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