On November 23, 2009, a convoy of journalists and members of the Mangudadatu clan were on their way to file the certificate of candidacy of aspiring Maguindanao governor Toto Mangudadatu. But they never made it to their destination.
Their bodies were found riddled with bullets; many of them buried in mass graves. 58 people were killed in this massacre—the deadliest attack on Filipino journalists and the worst case of electoral violence in the country—all because the ruthless Ampatuan clan wanted to hold on to their power.
This is Super Evil season two, "A Beautiful Place to Die".
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On November 23, 2009, a convoy of journalists and members of the Mangudadatu clan were on their way to file the certificate of candidacy of aspiring Maguindanao governor Toto Mangudadatu. But they never made it to their destination.
Their bodies were found riddled with bullets; many of them buried in mass graves. 58 people were killed in this massacre—the deadliest attack on Filipino journalists and the worst case of electoral violence in the country—all because the ruthless Ampatuan clan wanted to hold on to their power.
This is Super Evil season two, "A Beautiful Place to Die".
An Inquirer Podcast, powered by PumaPodcast.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Remember the Twitter argument Ben Tulfo and Kakie Pangilinan had in June 2020? The one about victim-blaming? Back in 1993, Ben’s brother Mon Tulfo had a similar argument with a number of different people. Because soon after Eileen Sarmenta was raped and murdered, Mon asked her mother on television: "What was Eileen wearing?"
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