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338 Phil. 338
SECOND DIVISION
[ G.R. No. 117010, April 18, 1997 ]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS.ENGR.
CARLOS GARCIA Y PINEDA, PATRICIO BOTERO Y VALES, LUISA
MIRAPLES (AT LARGE), ACCUSED, PATRICIO BOTERO Y VALES,
ACCUSED-APPELLANT.
DECISION
PUNO, J.:
Before us is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court in Criminal Case No.
93871 convicting accused-appellant Patricio Botero of illegal recruitment in large scale
and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of life imprisonment.[1]
In an Information dated July 21, 1992, accused-appellant Patricio Botero together with
Carlos P. Garcia and Luisa Miraples were charged with the crime of illegal recruitment in
large scale defined by Article 38 (b) and penalized under Article 39 (a) of the Labor
Code, as amended by Presidential Decree Nos. 1920 and 2018, committed as follows:
"That on or before March 2, 1992, and subsequently thereafter, in the
Municipality of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines, a place within the
jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, conspiring
and confederating together and mutually helping and aiding each other,
representing themselves to have authority, license and/or permit to
contract, enlist and recruit workers for overseas employment, did then and
there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously for a fee, recruit and promise job
placement/employment abroad to the following individuals, to wit:
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Gloria Silaras y Barbero
Rolando Consigna y Ogana
Ma. Carmen Daluaidao
Zosimo La Puebla, Jr.
Mario Espada y Melodia
Arnel Santilla y Villalos
Elsa Delubio
Abener Siriban y Abatuan
Franklin Cabingan y Casalla
Jose Erwin Estinoso
Edgardo Belen y Juanillo
Ariel Rivada y Pascual
Sunny Pinco y Pascua
Rolando Santiago y Magno
Alfredo Estinoso y Estrada
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