The Maguindanao Massacre: Never Again in the Philippines

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n the afternoon of November 23, 2009, Buluan vice mayor Esmael Mangudadatu who had decided to run for governor of Maguindanao in 2010, sent his wife, Genalyn, to the COMELEC provincial office in Shariff Aguak to file his certificate of candidacy. Accompanying Genalyn were Mangudadatu’s three sisters, other relatives, and family associates, to make a total of eleven individuals in the group.