MANILA – Knowledge of a plot to kill a political rival and not acting on it spelled the difference in the fate of the Ampatuan brothers charged with the murder of 58 people in the brutal 2009 Maguinda
nao massacre, based on the ruling of the court which handled the case.
As early as July 20, 2009, the late Ampatuan patriarch Andal Sr. met with Unsay, Zaldy, Sajid, Anwar Sr., Ipi, Ulo, Akmad and several others at the Century Park Hotel in Manila to discuss the plan to kill political rival Rep. Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu. Unsay, together with Ipi and Ulo, went on to block the convoy of Mangudadatu’s wife, relatives and supporters together with 32 journalists.
It also took Anwar Sr. to task for his suggestion to kill the Mangudadatus and bury their vehicles, saying this was one of the moving factors which emboldened Unsay to carry out his plan. The decision did not, however, discuss the implication of its factual finding that Sajid helped prepare an affidavit to explain the presence of the backhoe in Sitio Masalay.
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