 He stated he and three other men had been paid to carry out the murder and made at least five attempts to carry it out.The identity of the person behind the killings was not disclosed, he was referred to only as the "mastermind".Baricuatro was arrested in the Manila neighborhood of Dasmariñas while trying to redeem a motorcycle previously confiscated from an alleged financier of a gun smuggling syndicate, British national Cristopher Leruef.