Brgy. Pandanon Silos, Murcia, Captain Leandro dela Torre, who was charged for the death of a social worker a year ago, was released from the Negros Occidental Provincial Jail Friday after posting P70,000 surety bond, Provincial Jail Warden Insp. Dionesio Silva confirmed yesterday.

Dela Torre was tagged as the suspect in the shooting of Mary Ann Marañon on October 2007 in Brgy. Pandanon Silos.

Silva said Dela Torre was released at about 5 p.m. by virtue of a release order from the court.

Dela Torre had denied the accusations against him, and said he, with several others, just happened to be passing by when the shooting took place, a night before the Oct. 29 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections.

Dela Torre was also charged by Task Force Ilahas on April last year after the alleged recovery of about 628 board feet of regulated species of narra from his back yard.*APN

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