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Members of Gabriela Women's Party massed at Gate 1 of Camp Aguinaldo to condemn the attempted killing of an activist and the abduction of two others in Iloilo on Ap;ril 12, 2007
	Gabriela Women's Party led a protest picket in front of the Department of National Defense on April 17 demanding the release of SELDA member Luisa Dominado and Bayan-Panay chair Nilo Arado who were abducted by armed men believed to be members of the Military Intelligence Group and Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Karapatan Iloilo coordinator Jose Ely Garachico sustained gunshot wounds after three gunmen on board a white Mitsubishi L-300 van with plate number FVF-643 stopped the activists' vehicle in Bgy. Cabandanan, Oton, Iloilo province.
		◄ Statement issued by Posa and Dominado family on the abduction of Ma. Luisa Posa - Dominado and Nilo Arado, and the shooting of Jose Ely Garachico last April 12, 9:30 pm at Brgy. Cabanbanan, Oton, Iloilo. May Wan and Tamara Michelle are the daughters of Luisa. ► Statement of Tomas Dolminado, husband of Luisa



Cristina Palabay, GWP Secretary General	Maita Santiago, Migrante International Secretary General
FACTSHEET Case: Abduction Frustrated Murder Victims: Ma. Luisa Posa- Dominado Nilo Arado Jose Ely T. Garachico Date of Incident: April 12, 2007 9:30 pm Place of Incident: Brgy. Cabanbanan, Oton, Iloilo Perpetrators: Unidentfied armed men Date of Documentation: April 13, 2007 A black Mitsubishi L200 pick-up with plate number FEA 789 carrying Ma. Luisa Dominado, Nilo Arado, and Jose Ely Garachico was blocked by a Mitsubishi van with unidentified armed men at Brgy. Cabanbanan (around 7 km. from Iloilo City), Oton, Iloilo, April 12, 9:30 pm. Garachico, 51, public information officer of the human rights groups Karapatan in Panay, was shot in the neck by an unknown caliber firearm and was ordered to get off the driver’s seat. He was left behind. Garachico may undergo surgery to remove the slug still embedded in his chest. He is currently in the intensive care unit of the Iloilo Doctors Hospital in Iloilo City. Dominado, 52, is the spokesperson of the Samahan nga mga Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Para sa Amnestiya (Selda-Panay). Arado, 39, is chairperson of the militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), regional coordinator of Anakpawis in Panay and national council member of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas. Both were forcibly taken into a green Mitsubishi van with plate number FVF 463, according to the police blotter report of Oton Municipal Police Station Witnesses, however, claim that Dominado was forced on-board a white/gray van with plate number FVF 463. Arado was taken forced separately into a maroon Starex vehicle (GEW/GEM 874/847). Garachico told investigators that they were on their way home from the capital town of San Jose in Antique when they noticed a green colored Mitsubishi van tailing them from Guimbal town, 24 km south of Iloilo City. SPO3 RA Acuesta, SPO2 LH Haro, PO3 MH Corpin, PO3 Jo Gatuslao, PO2 JRS Pabalan, and`PO2 JVG Minerva Sr. of the Oton Municipal Police station conducted the investigation. The three had just attended an assembly of the partylist group Anakpawis in the province of Antique. Garachico tried to outrun the van but it managed to overtake their vehicle at Brgy. Parara, Tigbauan, Iloilo and cut the path of the vehicle of the activists in Barangay Cabanbanan, Oton. The pickup truck of the activists were found at dawn of April 13 badly burned at a sugarcane field in Janiuay town 33 north west of Iloilo City or 30 km from where the victims were waylaid. Insp. Efren Nimbra, Janiuay police chief, said residents of Barangay Guadalupe reported to the police after they saw the van in flames shortly after they heard a loud explosion between 2:00am -3:00 am, April 13. As of this writing, the whereabouts of Nilo Arado and Ma. Luisa Dominado could not be ascertained. Capt. Lowen Gil Marquez, Chief of 32^nd Civil Relations Unit (32^nd CRU) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Iloilo dispelled accusations that the AFP is behind the incident. Marquez asserted that investigators should also look at other possible angles like business conflicts involving the victims, ‘ambush me” theory, and the rift within the Communist Party of the Philippines where disgruntled elements may have a direct hand in the incident. # Prepared by: KARAPATAN-Panay c/o Room 203 La Salette Bldg. Valeria St., Iloilo City Tel./Fax No. (033) 300-0408 Fact Sheet in Word format
		Karapatan Iloilo coordinator Jose Ely Garachico














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