Four high-risk prisoners of the San Ramon Penal Colony here were transferred to Metro Manila after authorities uncovered a reported rescue plot from an armed group operating in a nearby province.
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Bureau of Corrections officials immediately secured all the prisoners after receiving an intelligence report about the plot by the Abu Sayyaf Group to rescue their comrades inside the prison facility.
Two of these high-risk prisoners were transferred on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 15, followed by two others on Thursday, Feb. 16. They were airlifted to Manila after being transported to the Zamboanga City International Airport from the San Ramon Penal Colony. This was the second rescue plot uncovered by authorities here. In January 2015, authorities uncovered a plan by Basilan-based ASG members to rescue their comrades from the Zamboanga City Reformatory Center.
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