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[35] [36] Police in the Philippines charged Andal Ampatuan Jr. with murder. [37] Ampatuan denied the charges, claiming that he was at the provincial capitol in Shariff Aguak when the massacre took place. He instead blamed the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), specifically Ombra Kato, as the mastermind, a charge the MILF dismissed as "absurd ...
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 .
Brothers Datu Andal Jr., Zaldy, and Anwar Ampatuan Sr. were convicted of 57 counts of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole on December 19, 2019. [69] A total of 28 people, including other Ampatuan clan members and police officers were sentenced to life imprisonment. [69] [70]
Andal Uy Ampatuan Jr. (born August 15, 1976) is a Filipino convicted mass murderer and former politician. He is one of the main perpetrators of the Maguindanao massacre along with his father, brothers, and nephews.
Killed by an assistant of Cavite Representative Justiniano Montano, who was facing an electoral protest at the time. [16] 1966 Anastacio Gallardo, Mayor of Candaba, Pampanga: Hukbong Mapagpalaya sa Bayan 18 September 1967 Juan Alberto, former Governor of Catanduanes and head of the Government Service Insurance System: 20 February 1967
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]
Through the advocacy group Center for International Law (Centerlaw), of which he was one of the founders, Roque and his team represented victims of the 2009 Ampatuan massacre; [7] the Malaya Lolas, victims of systematic rape and abuse by the Japanese Imperial Army; [8] the family of the killed transgender Jennifer Laude; [9] and the family of the murdered environmental advocate and media man ...
Sajid Ampatuan was elected as vice governor of Maguindanao in the 2004 elections while his father Andal Ampatuan Sr. was elected as governor of the province. Ampatuan Sr. resigned in 2008 with Sajid succeeding him. Sajid Ampatuan himself vacated the office following the Maguindanao massacre in November 2009 in the municipality of Ampatuan. [1]