DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 November) – It took ten years and one month for the lower court to hand down its verdict finding the Ampatuan siblings and other principals and accessories guilty of the …
DAVAO CITY – It took ten years and one month for the lower court to hand down its verdict finding the Ampatuan siblings and other principals and accessories guilty of the massacre of 57 persons, 32 of them media workers, on November 23, 2009 in Ampatuan, Maguindanao.Eleven notices of appeal were filed by perpetrators and by relatives of the victims, between January 2, 2020 and September 18, 2020.
“Notice of Appeal” of accused Former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Governor Zaldy U. Ampatuan, filed on January 3, 2020; “Notice of Appeal” filed on September 18, 2020, by accused Police Inspector Michael Joy Macaraeg and Police Officer 1 Pia S. Kamidon. In her 761-page decision, Judge Reyes found the Ampatuan brothers Andal Jr., Zaldy and Anwar, and 25 other principals guilty beyond reasonable doubt for 57 counts of murder. victim because “whether Momay died or was missing” after November 23, 2009 “could not be ascertained as no evidence of his actual death was adduced.
Photo of the massacre site with the abandoned backhoe at Sitio Masalay, Barangay Salman in Ampatuan, Maguindanao afternoon of 23 November 2009. Photo from the briefing of the 601st Infantry Brigade to Defense Secretary Norberto Gonzales on 24 November 2009. It was the worst election-related violent incident in the history of the country and the single deadliest attack in the world against journalists.
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