2 illegal recruiters nabbed

MANILA, Philippines—Two suspected illegal recruiters were arrested in separate operations in Manila and in Tarlac this week, police said Friday.

Joel Estabillo, 36, of Calao, Nueva Vizcaya, was captured at a public market Tuesday in Sta. Ignacia, Tarlac,  said Criminal Investigation and Detection Group chief, Police Director Samuel Pagdilao.

Estabillo has five arrest warrants for illegal recruitment issued by courts in Cabanatuan City and in Quezon City, Pagdilao said.

On Wednesday, Mansueto Garboso, 48, of 615 Manuel St., Montalban, Rizal was arrested in an entrapment operation at a shopping mall in Manila, Pagdilao said.

CIDG operatives nabbed Garboso after he received the marked money from complainant Josephine Bueza and 11 others, Pagdilao said.

Garboso enticed his victims by introducing himself as an employee of Javier International Manpower Services Corporation, he said.

The victims were promised jobs as hotel staff, cleaner, caregiver and mushroom picker abroad, including in countries like the United States, Poland and Germany, he said. They promised an income of up to $12 per hour and made to pay fees, but only to realize later everything was a hoax.

Records at the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration also showed that the International Manpower Services Corporation has been under preventive suspension since June 28, Pagdilao said.

Garboso was charged with violation of Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act and Estafa at the Manila Prosecutors Office.