'The complaint did not sufficiently prove conspiracy, but merely relied on a baseless assumption that the Philippine National Police conducted its operations specifically to kill spouses Evangelista,' the prosecutors' resolution says
The Department of Justice has dismissed the murder complaints filed against 17 policemen tagged in the killing of fisherfolk leaders Ariel and Chai Evangelista in operations in Southern Tagalog dubbed by activists as “Bloody Sunday.”
Department of Justice A ranking officer of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Regional Field Unit 4A (PNP-CIDG RFU 4A) charged with two counts of murder for the deaths of a couple during the March 7, 2021 joint police-military operations in Southern Tagalog
Commission on Human Rights (CHR) The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has commended the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for filing murder charges and starting the preliminary investigation, respectively, against 17 policemen allegedly involved in the re