PNP: Car plates used in Burgos abduction traced

Investigators tasked to locate the missing Jonas Joseph Burgos had sent a team to Norzagaray town in Bulacan province to interview the owner of a utility vehicle that matched descriptions of the getaway vehicle said to have been used by the alleged abductors. In a statement, Task Force USIG commander, police Director Geary Barias said the team of investigators dispatched by acting Quezon City police chief Senior Superintendent Magtanggol Gatdula would look for a certain Mauro Mudlong, the registered owner of a utility vehicle with license plates TAB-194. Barias said a verification of the license numbers with the Land Transportation Office database indicated that it is assigned to a 1991 model Isuzu utility vehicle owned by Mudlong. The same license numbers were noted by witnesses to be in the car plates of a maroon Toyota Revo used by Burgos' alleged abductors. Barias said Mudlong's statement will be taken to establish how the car plates registered to his car was transferred to another vehicle. National Police chief Director General Oscar Calderon earlier instructed Barias to mobilize investigating units and offices of the PNP to find the young Burgos, reportedly a member of the Alyansa ng Magbubukid based in San Miguel, Bulacan. Task Force USIG investigators have established contact with Burgos' family and is backtracking from where Jonas was last seen and with whom he communicated. "We are giving preferential attention to this particular case because of the status of the person involved whose father is considered a national figure in promoting press freedom," Barias said. - GMANews.TV