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Zamboanga del Sur cop involved in colleague's killing surrenders

Published Jul 3, 2026 02:04 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A police officer voluntarily surrendered on Thursday, admitting his involvement in the killing of a colleague in Zamboanga del Sur province.
In a report on Friday, Police Col. Bonifacio Arañas, Zamboanga del Sur Police director, identified the police officer-surrenderer as Staff Sgt. Archie Bazan, who was assigned to Margosatubig town in the same province.
Arañas said Bazan voluntarily surrendered to the Margosatubig Municipal Police Station and admitted his participation in the shooting incident that resulted in the death of Police Corporal Armaejo Unab Jornadal on Wednesday afternoon.
Jornadal, 36, was riding a motorcycle on the way home when he was repeatedly shot by one of two men riding tandem on another motorcycle that was tailing him in Barangay Tikwas, Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur.
Jornadal, a resident of Barangay Kalubi, San Miguel, was a member of the police’s 2nd Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Mobile Force Company.
“In his statement, Bazan admitted that he served as the driver of the motorcycle used during the commission of the crime,” Arañas said in his report.
He said Bazan’s voluntary statement was recorded in the police blotter and signed by the suspect.
The shooter, identified as Cydee Tolentino Labajo, allegedly used Bazan’s service firearm to kill the victim.
Bazan also turned in his issued service firearm and the motorcycle they used in the incident.
Police Capt. Derfjay Maquinta, Zamboanga del Sur Police information officer, said Bazan was forced to surrender after learning he was tagged as a person of interest and all evidence gathered in the investigation pointed to him.
The evidence includes video footage captured through closed-circuit television cameras.
“The gunman (Labajo) was arrested in a follow-up operation at about 6 p.m. Thursday at his residence in Margosatubig,” Maquinta said in a radio interview Friday.
During the incident, the suspects took Jornadal's sling bag and service firearm and fled towards the town of Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur.
Authorities learned that Jornadal had just processed a cash loan with the Armed Forces and Police Savings and Loans Association Inc. before the incident, based on a receipt found in the victim’s motorcycle compartment.
Maquinta said that Bazan knew Jornadal had applied for a loan because they were together while the papers were being processed.
He noted that the victim’s firearm was recovered, but the P200,000 loaned to Jornadal was not found. (PNA)

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