Authorities raided at least five houses belonging to Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo 'Arnie' Teves Jr. on Friday, March 10, Interior Secretary Behur Abalos confirmed.&nbsp;
This comes a day after the suspects <a href="https://dzrh.com.ph/post/remulla:-authorities-to-probe-possible-suspects-including-arnie-teves" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed Teves</a> as the mastermind in the brutal murder of former Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo.&nbsp;
In a radio interview, Abalos said the search warrant was handed by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG). It covered at least five houses of Rep. Teves who is currently in the United States for medical treatment.&nbsp;
On Thursday, one of the arrested suspects revealed that it was Teves who gave them the orders to kill the former governor.
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According to the suspect, they were initially hired as VIP security personnel and had no idea they would kill the former Negros governor.
Prior to this, the PNP-CIDG filed <a href="https://dzrh.com.ph/post/pnp-files-murder-complaint-vs.-arnie-teves" target="_blank" rel="noopener">multiple murder complaints</a> with the Department of Justice (DOJ) against Cong. Teves in connection with a series of murders that took place in 2019 in various parts of Negros Oriental.
Degamo and 8 other civilians were killed&nbsp;during the shooting incident in Pamplona last March 4.&nbsp;
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PCol. Redrico Maranan, the spokesperson of the PNP, said on Tuesday that politics is the most possible motive behind the killing of Degamo.&nbsp;
Teves and his brother Pryde Henry are also being linked to Degamo's killing.
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