Who is Rolando Mendoza?

by admin on August 23, 2010

On August 23, 2010, Rolando Mendoza hijacked a tourist bus parked near Luneta Park in Quirino Grandstand. On the bus were estimated 20-25 Chinese passengers with 3 Filipinos. Mendoza, 55, was honored by police chiefs in 1986 as one of the top 10 officers in the Philippines. But he was discharged in 2008 for his alleged involvement in drug-related crime incidents and extortions according to police.

In February 2009, Rolando Mendoza was one of five Manila police officers ordered dismissed by the Ombudsman. Mendoza was a decorated police officer who faced accusations of chef Christian Kalaw. Kalaw had claimed Mendoza and the other officers had forced him to swallow metamphetaine hydrochloride (shabu). Mendoza has faced loss of his complete retirement benefits and banishment from being able to hold any governmental job.

Now Manila Vice-Mayor Francisco Domagoso, aka Isko Moreno, is quickly meeting with Ombudsman Merceditas Guttierez to determine if Mendoza was right in his dispute over the matter. Guttierez is said to have a letter by Mendoza disputing his accusations.

chiipusa‎: Damn it. Burn in hell Rolando Mendoza . Shame on you!
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Picanturbo August 30, 2010 at 7:49 am

That’s the problem with the law enforcement here in the Philippines.. They pretend to have a division called S.W.A.T. (Special Weapons and Tactics).
What happen in the Manila hostage crisis is there are a bunch of guys dress in black with no uniformity trying to get in a bus full of hostages and a well experienced senior officer equipped with a high powered rifle.
With no Special Weapons necessary for the specific situation and no Tactics, then were looking at a major catastrophe.
We might as well call them The Death Squad.

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