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Alfred William McCoy (born June 8, 1945) is an American historian and educator. He is the Fred Harvey Harrington Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison . [ 1 ] He specializes in the history of the Philippines , foreign policy of the United States , European colonisation of Southeast Asia , illegal drug trade , and Central ...
Alfred W. McCoy puts Arula in a second group of 12 recruits taken to be killed, and describes his escape. [17] Artemio R Guillermo puts the number of recruits at "about two hundred" and says that only one man escaped being massacred. [41]
Philippine extrajudicial killings are politically motivated murders committed by government officers, punished by local and international law or convention.They include assassinations; deaths due to strafing or indiscriminate firing; massacre; summary execution is done if the victim becomes passive before the moment of death (i.e., abduction leading to death); assassination means forthwith or ...
It also hinted at military involvement in the killing, expressing its thanks to AFP personnel for "assisting" them in the murder. [6] Historian Alfred W. McCoy, in his study on the Philippine military, credits Karingal's death as a crucial moment in the history of the Philippines during the 1980s, writing that had he lived longer and stayed at ...
The dictatorship of 10th Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos in the 1970s and 1980s is historically remembered for its record of human rights abuses, [1] [2] particularly targeting political opponents, student activists, [3] journalists, religious workers, farmers, and others who fought against his dictatorship.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Police in a central Philippine city said Saturday that they have filed murder complaints against the owner and the crew of a ferry that capsized shortly after pulling ...
The Tacub massacre was the mass murder of a group of Muslim Moros by Philippine government troops at a military checkpoint [4] on October 24, 1971. The Moros were returning from attempting to vote in a special election; they had been turned away by the Ilaga from polling places in Magsaysay, Lanao del Norte.
Murat Oziros and Deondre McCoy died March 4, 2014, as they closed up a tire shop. DNA and weapons tests have linked two men to their deaths. ... 2014, murders of Murat Oziros, 54, and Deondre ...