DBPH Admin2 
THE two-day standoff between police and the heavily-armed security personnel of Pilar, Abra Vice Mayor Jaja Josefina Disono has finally ended following the surrender to the police of her 12 bodyguards on Wednesday night.
The bodyguards also turned over to the authorities 14 of their firearms.
The 12 were subjected to a thorough investigation to determine who among them fired the shot at officers manning a checkpoint in Bgy. Poblacion, triggering a gunfight that left one ex-Marine soldier dead.
Police said the suspects’ weapons will be subjected to a ballistics test to determine if they have been used in last Tuesday’s incident and in the commission of other previous crimes in the province.
As of press time, the Abra police are still checking the records of the surrendered long firearms with the Philippine National Police Firearms and Explosives Office.
The vice mayor’s security personnel surrendered following talks between officials of the Cordillera Police Regional Office headed by Brig. Gen. Ronald Lee and the camp of Disono led by their lawyer Raymond Fortun.
Earlier, Fortun reportedly advised Disono to refrain from surrendering her bodyguards and weapons and just wait for the criminal charges to be filed against them by the police.
Last Tuesday, a gunbattle erupted after the occupants of a white Toyota Hi-Ace van ignored a police checkpoint in Bgy. Poblacion.
The vehicle was seen headed to the vice mayor’s compound in the town.
