BREAKING: Andal Ampatuan Jr., kin guilty for Maguindanao massacre of 57 people

Jail guards stand next to a crowd of accused waiting the promulgation at the trial venue inside a prison facility at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City. |Inquirer.net -- SC-PIO via AP

 

MANILA, Philippines – After almost 10 years of trial, the Maguindanao massacre case verdict has been laid down and the Quezon City Regional Trial Court has found Datu Andal Ampatuan Jr., a former Maguindanao town mayor, and other members of the influential clan guilty of the murder of 57 people.

Also found guilty by Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes were: former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor Datu Zaldy “Puti” U. Ampatuan, Datu Anwar Ampatuan, Datu Ulo Ampatuan, Datu Ipi Ampatuan,

The court likewise found guilty then-Police Major Sukarno Dicay.

 

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