At around 1PM of 27 June 2010, the victim, along with his wife and mother, took a ride aboard a passenger “Canter” jeep on their way home from Poblacion, Siaton.
At around 1PM of 27 June 2010, the victim, along with his wife and mother, took a ride aboard a passenger “Canter” jeep on their way home from Poblacion, Siaton.
Thirty minutes later, upon reaching the junction of Lamtoc and Casalaan, near the Jathropa processing plant that 79th IB soldiers guarded, a man with his cap on disembarked. The man then pulled out a pistol and ordered the passengers to “pahawa ang way labot!” (Leave, those who are not involved!) At that point, the triggerman, who was sitting just across the victim, aimed his own pistol at the victim and fired pointblank.
The victim sustained five gunshot wounds at the neck and collarbone from a .45-caliber pistol. He died on the spot.
The two assailants vanished in the commotion, which curiously did not attract response from soldiers stationed at the nearby plant.
Prior to his death, the victim was harassed by the vigilantes created by the military assigned in the detachment inside the jathropa processing plant. He was pressured to admit his alleged involvement with the underground movement and to surrender to “clear his name” and “earn money.” He was visited in his house right after the UDHR commemoration rally on December 10, 2009.