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09MANILA2469 2009-11-27 07:39 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Manila
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 MANILA 002469 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/27/2019 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KUS ASEC RP
SUBJECT: MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE: INFLUENTIAL MAYOR AND 
POLICEMEN IN CUSTODY 
 
REF: A. MANILA 2465 (AMBASSADOR PRESSES) 
     B. MANILA 2448 (CLAN VIOLENCE) 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney, reason: 1.4 (b and d). 
 
SUMMARY 
------- 
 
1. (C) Moving with unwonted speed after the brutal November 
23 massacre in Maguindanao Province that left at least 57 
persons dead -- including 28 from media organizations -- the 
Philippine government took into custody a key member of a 
powerful Muslim clan and said it would charge him with 
multiple murders.  The Philippine Justice and Interior 
Secretaries oversaw the arrest of Datu Unsay municipality 
Mayor Andal Ampatuan, Jr., and his transfer to National 
Bureau of Investigation (NBI) headquarters in Manila.  In a 
call to Justice Secretary Devanadera, the Ambassador 
underscored the need for a swift and thorough prosecution, 
saying that Philippine credibility was at stake.  Secretary 
Devanadera concurred that prompt judicial action was vital to 
restore the rule of law and forestall reprisals.  She also 
suggested other Ampatuan family members might face arrest, 
but that it was politically sensitive given the clan's 
long-time support for the Arroyo Administration. The Armed 
Forces of the Philippines (AFP) disarmed militia members in 
Maguindanao, while authorities detained over 20 militiamen 
and four police officers, placing two other police officers 
on "administrative relief."  On the political front, the 
ruling Lakas-Kampi-CMD party expelled the top members of the 
Ampatuan clan, the ruling coalition's strongest backers in 
Muslim Mindanao.  End Summary. 
 
TOP SUSPECT ARRESTED 
-------------------- 
 
2. (SBU) The authorities took Datu Unsay Mayor Andal 
Ampatuan, Jr., into custody November 26 and announced their 
intention to file multiple murder charges against him in 
connection with the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao 
province on November 23.  Mayor Ampatuan denied culpability, 
claiming renegade Moro Islamic Liberation Front commander 
Umbra Kato as the likely culprit.  Energy Department 
Undersecretary Zamzamin Ampatuan, the Mayor's uncle, said the 
Mayor agreed to surrender to the authorities after Ampatuan 
clan elders convened on November 25 to discuss the situation 
and then met with Mayor Ampatuan. 
 
3. (C) Relatives of the victims identified Mayor Ampatuan as 
the on-site leader of the approximately 100 armed men who 
intercepted the convoy of Mangudadatu family members and 
supporters en route to file gubernatorial candidacy papers 
for a leading Mangudadatu clan member.  On November 26, an 
unidentified man with his face concealed appeared on an Al 
Jazeera news broadcast, claiming he had been among the armed 
group that committed the murders.  The man said "Andal 
himself said anyone from the Mangudadatu clan -- women or 
children -- should be killed," and also alleged that some 
assailants raped the women before murdering them.  An RSO 
contact (protect) told us November 27 that, although there 
were signs of rape, forensic specialists had not yet 
confirmed this. 
 
4. (C) Mayor Ampatuan, accompanied by Jess Dureza, President 
Arroyo's advisor on Mindanao affairs, was flown from 
Maguindanao to Manila, where he is in National Bureau of 
Investigation (NBI) custody.  Dureza subsequently told the 
media that, on departure from Maguindanao, the helicopter 
carrying him and Ampatuan was hit by bullets fired from the 
ground.  (An NBI official told a LEGATT official that 
Ampatuan had requested NBI headquarters as the site for his 
detention.  The NBI privately confirmed the government would 
file multiple murder charges against Ampatuan on November 27. 
 The NBI has assigned this case to its counterterrorism unit.) 
 
AMBASSADOR URGES THOROUGH INVESTIGATION 
--------------------------------------- 
 
5. (C) In a November 27 call to Justice Secretary Agnes 
Devanadera, who is personally heading the government's 
prosecution effort, the Ambassador welcomed the Secretary's 
attention to the case, and stressed that the United States 
viewed the judicial process in this savage incident as vital 
in reasserting the rule of law in Maguindanao and in the 
runup to the May 2010 election.  The Ambassador noted that 
the investigation was being watched around the world, and it 
 
MANILA 00002469  002 OF 003 
 
 
was vital for Filipino credibility that these cases move 
ahead vigorously, and not get sidetracked or forgotten. 
 
6. (C) Secretary Devanadera called the past few days "very 
hard," both emotionally and politically, as this was a tough 
issue with many complications.  She said she took charge 
personally to ensure this wasn't handled as just a law 
enforcement or military issue, but as a legitimate judicial 
process.  She foresaw much hard work ahead, but pledged 
continued efforts to get to trial quickly, both for Mayor 
Ampatuan's high-profile case as well as others. Such prompt 
action was critical to forestall reprisal attacks and 
reassure world opinion. 
 
MORE AMPATUANS FACING ARREST? 
----------------------------- 
 
7. (C) In an aside to the Ambassador, Secretary Devanadera 
confided that she was at Malacanang Palace this morning 
talking to senior officials because she believed there were 
other members of the politically powerful Ampatuan family who 
also may need to be arrested in the case.  Noting that the 
Ampatuans were the Arroyo Administration's strongest 
supporters in Mindanao, Devanadera said she was trying to 
convince the Palace of the necessity to broaden the arrests, 
but said she "needed to work with Malacanang on it first." 
 
DEATH TOLL UPDATE 
----------------- 
 
8. (SBU) The Broadcasters Association of the Philippines has 
informed us that, of the 57 confirmed fatalities, 24 were 
journalists, two were media cameramen, and two were 
media-employed drivers.  RSO contacts (protect) told us that 
the authorities are no longer excavating the crime scene. 
 
POLICE, MILITIAS 
---------------- 
 
9. (SBU) A military spokesman claimed that most of the 
perpetrators had fled toward mountainous areas of 
Maguindanao, and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) 
was in pursuit.  AFP troops on November 26 moved into the 
capital of Maguindanao province and took control of some key 
government buildings.  The AFP reported it has already 
deactivated approximately 350 men who were in the local 
Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU -- an armed 
militia), and the AFP would deactivate and disarm more CAFGU 
units in Maguindanao.  At least 20 CAFGU members were under 
arrest on suspicion of participating in the massacre, 
according to press reports. 
 
10. (SBU) As previewed in ref B, Interior and Local 
Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno told the press on November 
26 that four police officers were in custody in Manila after 
witnesses claimed they were at the scene of the killings: 
Senior Superintendent Agusana Maguid; Chief Inspector Sukarno 
Dicay; SPO2 Badawi Bakal; and Senior Inspector Ariel Diongon. 
 
11. (SBU) The media also reported that two other police 
officers -- Inspector Armando Mariga and Inspector Saudi 
Mokamad -- were on "administrative relief" because of 
suspicions they partook in the massacre.  The government has 
reportedly flown multiple witnesses to Manila, and has taken 
depositions from witnesses who were under the protection of 
the victimized Mangudadatu clan. 
 
RULING PARTY OUSTS AMPATUANS 
---------------------------- 
 
12. (SBU) The ruling Lakas-Kampi-CMD party on November 26 
expelled Mayor Ampatuan as well as Maguindanao Governor Andal 
Ampatuan, Sr., and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 
Governor Zaldy Ampatuan, the brother of Mayor Ampatuan. 
Nevertheless, in a maladroit comment, presidential deputy 
spokeswoman Lorelei Fajardo told the press, "I don't think 
the President's friendship with the Ampatuans will be 
severed.  Just because they're in this situation doesn't mean 
we will turn our backs on them.  It doesn't mean that they 
are no longer our friends, if ever they indeed committed the 
crime." 
 
AMBASSADOR'S PUBLIC COMMENTS 
---------------------------- 
 
13. (U) Speaking to the press on November 26 while traveling 
 
MANILA 00002469  003 OF 003 
 
 
to Mindanao with CODEL Filner, the Ambassador denounced the 
massacre as "appalling and barbaric."  She urged the 
government to conduct an immediate and thorough 
investigation, without setting a specific deadline that could 
encourage people to find a few scapegoats for expediency's 
sake.  The government should also ensure security in 
Maguindanao and prevent any recurrence of such violence, the 
Ambassador said. She pledged that U.S. assistance projects in 
Maguindanao would continue. 
 
COMMENT 
------- 
 
14. (C) The government appears to have mobilized its 
resources and top officials effectively to date in response 
to the Maguindanao massacre, which was egregious even by the 
standards of the Philippines' provincial warlords.  We 
suspect the Ampatuan elders recognized the horrific nature of 
this massacre and pragmatically decided Mayor Ampatuan would 
have to bear responsibility.  While it is too early to know 
whether the Philippines' enfeebled law enforcement and 
judicial systems can deliver real justice in this case, the 
disbandment of Maguindanao militias and the taking into 
custody of Mayor Ampatuan may, at least for now, forestall 
reprisals from the Mangudadatu clan.  The Ambassador is 
continuing to reach out to senior government officials to 
welcome the steps they have taken so far and encourage 
sustained attention to this shocking incident. 
KENNEY