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He is a descendant of Shariff Ampatuan, grandson of Syedona Mustafa, a Sufi missionary, which propagated moderate Islam in the Upper Cotabato Valley of Southern Philippines. However rooted in spiritual and ethical traditions, the public image of the Ampatuan clan, to which he belonged, was tainted by the infamous Maguindanao massacre .
Philippine Police and soldiers raided several of the Ampatuan family's houses and homes, in Maguindanao's capital, Shariff Aguak, and next to the provincial headquarters, a compound surrounded by concrete walls about two metres (six feet) high and contains the homes of a number of Ampatuan clan members.
The declaration of martial law led to the "arrests without warrants" of other members of the Ampatuan clan who have been linked to the November 23 massacre of 58 civilians. [19] The 44 police officers who perished during the clash. On August 15, 2011, Mangudadatu and his convoy were ambushed as they were on their way to his birthday celebration.
The new vice mayor is also a relative of theirs: Janine Ampatuan Mamalapat. [14] [15] Ampatuan has a second wife named Shahira. [12] Ampatuan declared his 2008 net worth as ₱39.3 million, making him the richest in his family. He had 16 properties in Davao City with a total market value of ₱11.22 million. [12]
Andal Ampatuan Sr. (1940/1941 – July 17, 2015) was a Filipino politician who was the main suspect in the Maguindanao massacre. He was the patriarch of the Ampatuan political family in Maguindanao province, on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.
Ampatuan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Andal Ampatuan Sr. , former governor of Maguindanao province, the Philippines, and co-suspect in the Maguindanao massacre
Ampatuan was created out of 23 barrios of Datu Piang on 21 June 1959 by Republic Act No. 2509. [5] On 22 November 1973, the municipality of Esperanza was carved out of its territory [6] and was made part of the province of Sultan Kudarat, while Ampatuan itself was made part of Maguindanao, when the old Cotabato province was divided into three provinces on the same date. [7]
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