The former mayor of Dingras, Ilocos Norte wanted in the killing of Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative executive Lorenzo Ray Ruiz in Barangay Langayan in the province in 2009 was arrested by the police in Quezon City last Friday.
Joint operatives of the Quezon City Police District Station 12 (Eastwood) and the Regional Intelligence Division of the Ilocos police nabbed former Dingras Mayor Marynette Gamboa in her condominium unit in Barangay Bagumbayan.
Gamboa was arrested through a warrant of arrest issued by Judge Felix Salvador of the Regional Trial Court Branch 17 in Batac City, Ilocos Norte with no bail recommended.
She was tagged as the mastermind in the killing of Ruiz in an ambush in Barangay Langayan, Currimao.
Police said Gamboa was also behind the foiled ambush against Dingras Mayor-elect Joefrey Saguid in December 2008. (Alexandria San Juan)