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Thursday, January 24, 1985/The Battalion/Page 15 n a imt% i^f a Tinisi / ml »JL^ I m/m M IV-Ii l mm ^Military leader charged !S in Aquino assasination ‘uuneri a usiness' A<l ass l 1 aure, I ag. Associated Press * E MANILA, Philippines — A gov- eoDfwB nmenl P roseculor on Wednesday 0 **/Warged tne country’s most powerful g-jj^Military commander and 25 other et d'il en in connection with the murders former ol opposihon leader Benigno ‘ Aquino and the man once called his jsassin. Prosecutors said the charges nure, R; against Armed Forces Chief Gen. ‘ reason Fabian C. Ver and two other top inesses generals close to President Ferdi- entski nand E. Marcos would lead to a “free Bid open” trial to show there is no we v e r cover-up in the killing of Marcos’ isk 1^! chief rival on Aug. 21,1983. expe^JI Most of the accused were part of Ui” hesS e a ' r P ort security operation as- j n e (j. signed to protect Aquino, who was *ot as he stepped off the airliner ■at brought him back to the Phil- system • Ipines after three years in self-exile, tors art■ Seventeen officers and soldiers re good led by Aviation Security Chief Brig, compr ^ < n - Luther Custodio were accused bvi of directly conspiring to kill Aquino 'mpamcl and Rolando Caiman — the man previously alleged to be his killer. The charges carry a possible death penalty. Ver and seven others were ac cused of being accessories in cover- up attempts. Among them is Maj. Gen. Prospero Olivas who con ducted a military investigation that concluded Caiman was the killer. Each count carries a possible 20-year sentence. Businessman Hermilo Gosuico was accused as an accomplice, which carries a possible life term. Caiman’s children testified Gosuico was among the men who took their fa ther away three days before the as sassination. Technically, all 26 suspects were charged with double murder. But death penalties are only possible in the charges against Custodio and the 16 others accused of being principals in the murder. Marcos initially indicated he sup ported the military’s claim that Aquino was killed by Caiman, hut later appointed a five-member fact- finding board whose 10-month in vestigation led to the charges against the military men. Ombudsman Justice Bernardo Fernandez, who filed the charges, said he was aware that many people would have liked to see Marcos him self accused. “I don’t care whether or not the decision is popular as long as I am right,” he said. Aquino’s brother, Agapito, who has accused Marcos of plotting the assassination, said “what is missing is the mastermind.” The prosecutors said the most likely triggerman was either Sgt. Ro- gelio Moreno or Filomeno Miranda, both of whom have been charged as conspirators. Mi in v ar4 Legislator: keep farm programs Associated Press l is one i( reallv the ho are theirkj WASHINGTON — House Agri- Bilture Chairman Kika de la Garza .^Bid Wednesday he will light the 1 ! Reagan administration to keep cur- here rj rcn( f arm programs intact. 0 r '"H Secretary of Agriculture John B! >ek has said the administration hoped to move toward more “mar ket-oriented” programs in an at tempt to begin weaning the industry from government-backed support prices and loan programs. “I would put a hold on for a year or 18 months and see where we are,” said de la Garza, D-Texas, in an in terview. “This is not the time for a radical philosophical changeover.” De la Garza said farm programs have already been cut $20 billion in four years, but probably face addi tional cuts this year because the pub lic, and consequently the Congress, doesn’t recognize the serious plight of the fanner. USAF still searching for plane Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Searchers scanning Caribbean waters where a U.S. Air Force plane carrying 21 Americans went down said they made sonar contact Wednesday with what may be the C-130A’s wreckage. Search parties on a beach north of Puerto Castillo found a sleeping bag, aircrew helmet bags, helmets and an unused life raft with the serial number of the missing aircraft, the U.S. Defense Department said in a statement released in Washington. The C-130A went down in stormy weather off Honduras’ east coast Tuesday. Robert Callahan, press attache at the U.S. Embassy in Teguci galpa, said the 21 aboard were live crew members and 16 pas sengers. “The USS McCloy, a U.S. Navy frigate, made a sonar contact which will be investigated to de termine if it is the missing air craft,” the Pentagon said. A De fense Department spokesman, Lt. Col. Gene Sands, said it was un clear whether the plane crashed or ditched deliberately. The embassy spokesman said the plane was assigned to the 440lh Tactical Airlift Wing, an Air Force reserve unit based at Billy Mitchell Field in Milwaukee. 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