Convicted rapist and murderer Antonio Sanchez is now being treated for tuberculosis, multiple electrolyte imbalance, and stage V Chronic Kidney Disease at Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center (JRRMMC), said Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) spokesman Gabriel Chaclag Monday.
“He is now guarded by four BuCor (Bureau of Corrections) personnel,” Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete earlier said.
The former Calauan mayor tested positive for COVID-19 after a rapid test. He was then transferred to the Ospital ng Muntinlupa but was not admitted since the hospital is already full. The officials were forced to bring him back to the New Bilibid Prison Hospital.
On Friday, Sanchez’s swab test results showed he was negative for COVID-19. He requested to be transferred to Philippine General Hospital but was declined by the Department of Justice.
BuCor Spokesman Gabriel Chaclag, however, said the doctors again the convicted rapist’s medical condition.
“The consensus was that he needed further test,” Chaclag said.
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Convicted rapist Antonio Sanchez has TB, stage V CKD
“Tama nga yung decision nila kasi na-confirm na may TB siya and multiple na yung electrolyte imbalance niya and may CKD pa sya na stage V,” he added.
Antonio Sanchez made headlines last year after DOJ announced that he could get out of prison under the provisions of the controversial Good Conduct Time Allowance law.
Sanchez became notorious in the Philippines with the 1993 killing of two university students: Eileen Sarmenta and her boyfriend, Allan Gomez. Sanchez’s men in Los Baños abducted the couple with the intent of presenting Eileen as a “gift” to the mayor. They were then taken to Sanchez’s home, where Gomez was tortured.
Before ordering his aides to kill the victims, Sanchez raped Eileen, then presented her to his henchmen, who also abused the teenager.
Sanchez was convicted in 1995 to seven life sentences, but he benefitted from the Revised Penal Code’s rule that limited the sentence to a maximum of 40 years.
Former Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo later clarified that Antonio Sanchez is not eligible for release.