Combined NBI agents from Manila and Cebu engaged and killed Alvin Flores and another 3 inside the beach resort 25 kms north of Cebu. The local police was not even aware of the NBI operation until after the shootout and were only allowed to enter the compound few hours later for retrieval of the bodies.

Despite a wide manhunt by the PNP, it is believed that Alvin Flores had never been caught because of various tipsters from authorities and police.

It was not an easy task for the NBI since the place (north of Cebu) is a tourist destination and also smugglers fave R&R with local protection.

This is probably one operation that NBI agents had to wear masks to keep their identities.

The run of the mill execution is pinned down on Alvin Flores, a dismissed officer with SWAT experience. His group is responsible for 60 violent killings including the Paranaque shootout that killed 18 (12 were robbers). The robbery is usually over by 5 minutes. Critical specialty of the group is their multiple exit points and rapid escape once a shot is fired to avoid entrapment by any responding police force (like the one in Paranaque with various police units involved). The make up of the group raiding team which could reach up to 20 is unknown until the day of briefing, distribution of weapons and the robbery. Alvin tapped ex military/police for efficiency. Since he operates from Luzon to Mindanao, his cooling place following the robbery is far from the recent operation and has avoided detection once the authorities are hot on his trail.

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Security agencies charge a lot for these security guards. For the kind of money paid to the agencies, it should be assumed that they are well-trained and can shoot straight.

As a matter of fact, security agencies are big business. And many, if not most, of them are owned and operated by high-ranking retired military and police officers.

Of course, we can assume that, out of the money that malls pay the agency, only a small portion goes to training, hardware and to the personnel. The lion’s share goes to the pockets of these retired officers. After all, old habits from the Armed Forces and the PNP die hard.

Because of the incident, Bacolod said that the police’s Security Agencies and Guards Supervision Division (SAGSD) is studying possible administrative sanctions to security guards detailed during the robbery.

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Someone is making an assumption that mall security guards are well trained, can differentiate bad guys from civilians, and that they can shoot straight.

With M14 equipped with grenade launcher and armor vests, the robbery is well financed that could point to the military. But the brief fight and scampering to escape gave out that robbers have no military training except watching action movies glorifying high powered weapons and armor plating. It could not even engage longer on 2 police who did not have body protection and armed only with 45 and 9 mm.

The dead robber is evidently young and handsome by the picture. Another rich family will soon claim of the missing son, a tragedy of a spoiled son who with similar friends can only think of quick rich and adventure without thinking of consequences.

To the point that Rolexes have serial #s, that wouldn’t deter cheapskates who are after the real rolex mccoy. There’s a market for all sorts of stolen goods, and watches are the easiest to buy from the point of view of a consumer of stolen goods, as their small, innocuous, and won’t be as “hot” as, say, a stolen car (but could be just as valuable). From the point of view of a robber financed by a fence, rolexes are a, pardon the pun, a great steal as their valuable and easily transportable and easy to conceal.

Mall security should not be armed. They should only carry hand-held radio to communicate.