Two former police officers were arrested on Tuesday in the Philippines, and another was detained for their alleged involvement in the disappearance and murder of , local sources reported. In a press briefing at Camp Crame on Monday, Benhur Abalos and Philippine National Police Chief General Rommel Marbil told the media about the two suspects, adding they had a "significant role" in the murder. The two former police officers - Michael Angelo Guyang and Rommel Abuzo - are suspected to have shot the couple over a land dispute.
"Guyang did not want to give up the land he had mortgaged to Geneva," said Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the Philippine National Police Officer Leo Francisco. "Guyang said there was also a buyer for the land he had mortgaged and introduced Abuzo to Geneva as the buyer." Three out of 7 persons of interest in the killing of beauty queen Geneva Lopez and her Israeli fiancé Yitzhak Cohen are former policemen, the PNP confirmed.
READ: "From that point, they arranged to meet, and the two former police officers shot the couple," Francisco added. "The day before, based on our investigation, Guyang and Abuzo discussed how to deal with the couple. That's when they hatched the plan to kill them.
" However, Marbil also suggested that the primary objective of the murder is robbery, stating investigators are examining the possibility, Philliphine's CBN television network ABS-CBN reported on Monday. According to a report on , Guyang previously stated he h.
