Seven Years, Still No Justice Photo taken at the Ampatuan Massacre memorial site. Seven years ago today, we experienced one of the most barbaric and gruesome massacre in the Philippine electoral history. We recall the cold blooded murder of the 58 individuals more known as the Ampatuan/Maguindanao massacre on November 23, 2009 at a small hill in Masalay, Ampatuan. The massacre was carried out by the Ampatuan's militias. They tried to cover their crimes by burying the vehicles of Toto Mangudadatu's wife, lawyers and journalists and their bodies in a mass grave using a backhoe. The murdered were part of a convoy on their way to Cotabato City to file the former's certificate of candidacy for the position of Governor in Maguindanao, contesting Andal Ampatuan Sr's candidacy. At first only 57 cases of murder were filed since it was only that number found at the massacre site. A forensic investigation facilitated by the Commission on Human Rights and the Center Law Ph...
