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Apr 27, 2021 · MANILA - The family of missing farmer-activist Jonas Burgos has not given up hope in finding him 14 years since suspected military agents snatched him while he was eating in a mall in Quezon City on April 28. “Fourteen years have passed, justice is still elusive.
6 days ago · This July 2024, filmmaker JL Burgos unveiled to the public a film “Alipato at Muog (Flying Embers and a Fortress)” that seeks to "uncover the hard truths" surrounding the enforced disappearance of his older brother and other desaparecidos (Spanish term for the disappeared) in the country. According to rights group Karapatan, about 1,912 ...
Joe Burgos nurtured a family that shunned life’s comforts. The rundown office of Mrs. Burgos in Quezon City—and the parsimonious life that she and her children live to this day—can overwhelm...
Oct 12, 2017 · Despite her heartbreak over the acquittal of the Army officer accused in her son's disappearance, Jonas Burgos' mother Edita vows to never give up her quest for justice.
Oct 15, 2017 · At the center of one of the most celebrated cases of disappearances in the post-Marcos period, Jonas was the son of the late journalist and press freedom fighter, Jose Burgos Jr., who was jailed ...
Apr 27, 2019 · MANILA, Philippines – The family members of Jonas Burgos said on Friday, April 26, that they would only have closure once the “truth” is revealed on the activist’s 12-year-old abduction...
Oct 19, 2017 · April 28, 2007: Jonas Burgos was abducted at about 1:30 p.m. by four armed men and a woman in civilian clothes while he was having lunch at the Hapag Kainan restaurant in Ever Gotesco Mall, Quezon City. Jonas was alone and unarmed. A waitress who saw the forcible abduction positively identified Jonas from a picture shown to her.
April 2024 marked the 17th year since the disappearance of Jonas Burgos. He was abducted in broad daylight while having lunch at a mall in Quezon City. Burgos was a farmer-activist, advocating for ...
Jul 1, 2024 · When Jonas Burgos was forcibly taken in broad daylight in a Quezon City mall in 2007, it set in motion a continuing probe not only into his enforced disappearance, but also into the plight of other families with missing loved ones.
Apr 4, 2013 · "Just hold on, son." This was the message conveyed Thursday by Edita Burgos to her son Jonas, who remains missing almost six years after he was abducted by suspected military agents in Quezon City.
