Ex-Lacson aide nabbed in US for espionage
Margaux Ortiz Inquirer News Service
MICHAEL Ray Aquino, a former police official and aide of then police chief Panfilo Lacson, was arrested during the wekend in New York for espionage, a National Bureau of Investigation official confirmed on Tuesday.
NBI Interpol chief Ricardo Diaz said a Federal Bureau of Investigation intelligence analyst, Leandro Aragoncillo, was also arrested for downloading documents on the Philippines, several of which were classified secret. Diaz said the documents were passed on to Aquino electronically.
He said Aragoncillo, who is of Filipino descent, works at Fort Monmouth in New Jersey.
Aquino is based in New York.
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