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The Maguindanao massacre (also known as the Ampatuan massacre, named after the town where mass graves of victims were found) [5] occurred on the morning of November 23, 2009, in the town of Ampatuan in Maguindanao, Philippines (now located in Maguindanao del Sur).
Chinese Massacre of 1603: October 1603 Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines: 15,000–25,000 [1] Fearing an uprising by the large Chinese community in the Philippines, the Spanish colonists carried out the massacre, largely in the Manila area. [2] Chinese Massacre of 1639: 1639 Luzon, Captaincy General of the Philippines 17,000–22,000 [1]
Eden Mangudadatu, Vice Mayor of Mangudadatu, Maguindanao [261] Andal Ampatuan, Sr., his sons Andal Ampatuan, Jr. and Zaldy Ampatuan and other relatives, as well as members of the local police and militia acting as the family's private army Killed along with 57 others in the Maguindanao massacre.
Zaldy was expelled from office when his brother, Andal Ampatuan Jr., was accused of carrying out the Maguindanao massacre of 2009. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] He was arrested in the province of Maguindanao and held by the Philippine military on charges of rebellion, but in April 2010 the Department of Justice decided to drop all murder charges against him ...
The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) has recorded, by April 2015, ten of those "killed in the line of duty since 1986" are women, four of them in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre case. Excluding more than a hundred arrested in connection with the 2009 murders, four alleged gunmen in two of the six cases were arrested; one of them ...
At the time of the massacre, he was the outgoing mayor of Datu Unsay, Maguindanao, and was planning to run for provincial governor, the position his father, Andal Sr., was set to vacate. Esmael Mangudadatu , from a rival political clan, declared his candidacy for the 2010 gubernatorial elections , thus challenging Ampatuan for the post.
Map of the Philippines with Maguindanao highlighted The Maguindanao massacre (also known as the Ampatuan massacre, named after the town where mass graves of victims were found) [ 58 ] occurred on the morning of November 23, 2009, in the town of Ampatuan in Maguindanao , Philippines (now located in Maguindanao del Sur ).
Martial law monument in Mehan Garden. Martial law in the Philippines (Filipino: Batas Militar sa Pilipinas) refers to the various historical instances in which the Philippine head of state placed all or part of the country under military control [1] —most prominently [2]: 111 during the administration of Ferdinand Marcos, [3] [4] but also during the Philippines' colonial period, during the ...