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Buried under the news of the devastation caused by two storms Ondoy and Pepeng is an equally alarming development — the killing of a parish priest the Reverend Cecilio Lucero in Northern Samar. (Benjie Oliveros, Bulatlat.com)
Father Lucero was ambushed by heavily armed men suspected to be soldiers last September 6 at 8 a.m. The killing was well-planned as the killers waited in ambush as early as 6 a.m. Father Lucero died from multiple gunshot and shrapnel wounds. One of his companions, Isidro Miras, also sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Ironically, his police escort P02 Eugene Bation was the only one who escaped unscathed.
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Father Lucero is the first Catholic priest to become a victim of extrajudicial killings ever since the ouster of the Marcos dictatorship. The perpetrators had the temerity to risk the political implications of killing a Catholic priest who was even involved in human rights advocacy. If they could kill a priest, pastors, doctors (Dr. Rogelio Peñera was the most recent victim who was a medical doctor. He was killed in Davao City June 24), lawyers, barangay officials, they could kill just about anybody.
During the first three months of the year, extrajudicial killings were being committed at a rate of one victim per week.
FULL STORY
Father Lucero’s Murder Signifies Escalation of Extrajudicial Killings (Bulatlat.com)
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Extrajudicial killing (Wikipedia)
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