Mug Shots of Gloria Arroyo Surface on the Internet Authentic

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, former president and representative of Pampanga, was arrested at St. Luke's Medical Center in Taguig City last November 18, 2011 and charged with electoral sabotage, a non-bailable offense.


The warrant of arrest was issued by Judge Jesus Mupas of the Pasay City Regional Trial Court Branch 112 against the former president following the filing of electoral sabotage charges by the Commission on Elections.

Arroyo was formally booked last Saturday on electoral sabotage charges, PhilStar reported. Her mugshots and fingerprints were taken, but the police refused to release them to the public.

Earlier this day or late evening yesterday, mugshots of former president Gloria Arroyo circulated on the internet, social networks, and even on the newspapers.

A police official today confirmed that the mugshots of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo circulating on the Internet are authentic.

Senior Superintendent James Bucayu, acting chief of the Southern Police District (SPD), said that their investigator confirmed to him that the mugshots provided to them by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and those posted by www.mugshots.com are the same, Philstar said. He denied that mugshots leaked from the SPD. He added that he has ordered an investigation into the mugshots' distribution in the Internet.

According to clerk of court Joel Peliciano, Arroyo's camp requested not to release Gloria's mugshots to the public. "Any party wanting to see the photos must file an appropriate court pleading," he said.


Photos Credit: INQUIRER.net, mugshots.com

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