NE Peasant Leader
Shot Dead
BY ABNER BOLOS
Gitnang Luson News Service
Posted by Bulatlat 9:45 a.m., June 12, 2006
A peasant leader was shot dead by
motorcycle-riding men at 5 p.m., June 11 in brgy. Oliveti, Bongabon
town, Nueva Ecija province (145 km. from Manila).
Manny delos Santos, 33, single, was
a member of the provincial council of leaders of the Alyansa ng
Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luson-Nueva Ecija (Peasant Alliance in Central
Luzon), a local chapter of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas.
Pastora Betty Perido, secretary
general of Karapatan, said that the victim was standing in front of a
store by the road when two men wearing helmets and fatigues and riding a
WAVE motorcycle stopped and shot him in the head. Delos Santos was shot
twice in the head by a .45 caliber pistol.
Many witnessed the shooting which
happened on a highway nine kilometers from the town proper.
Delos Santos was supposed to join
the five-day peasant rally in Manila since Thursday but decided to stay
behind to face local concerns. Some of his companions in Manila cried
when they learned about yesterday's killing.
The peasant leader is the 30th
victim of political killings in Central Luzon this year, and the 165th
killed in the region under the Arroyo administration.
Posted by Bulatlat
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