CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – After a year of manhunt operations, law enforcement officials finally caught up to the prime suspect in the 2025 killing of Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Airman First Class Mervin Guarte, during a July 28 joint intelligence operation that was conducted in the Tarlac town of Bamban, the MIMAROPA police said on Tuesday. Guarte was fatally stabbed in Sitio Pinagkaisahan, Barangay Camilmil in Calapan during a dawn attack on January 7, 2025, court records show. READ: SEA Games gold medalist Mervin Guarte stabbed, dies in Mindoro Guarte was a national athlete who won a gold […]...Keep on reading: Police arrest suspect in 2025 stabbing death of SEA Games gold medalist