MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Corrections on Thursday said high-profile inmate Ruben Ecleo Jr., who was convicted on murder and graft charges, died that afternoon when his heart stopped. BuCor spokesperson Gabriel Chalag in a message said Ecleo passed away at 12:20 p.m. of May 13. The former Dinagat congressman was the Department of the Interior and Local Government's most wanted fugitive for years until his arrest in June 2020. Ecleo was a cult leader who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2012 for strangling his wife to death in 2002. He had obstructive jaundice and chronic kidney disease secondary to obstructive uropathy, the BuCor spokesman said.

Source: Philippine Star May 13, 2021 09:22 UTC