Mass Murderer Andal Ampatuan Jr. is surety bond

How to trigger massive violence in Mindanao? Simple. If anything bad happens to mass murderer Andal Ampatuan Jr. who is now detained at the NBI office in Manila, that would surely trigger rido in Maguindanao and the entire Mindanao.

And if the Opposition thinks that they can force the Ampatuan clan to divulge juicy details of Hello Garci, think again. The Government, by arresting and detaining Andal Ampatuan, committed one single act of assuring that these "secret Hello Garci documents" remain locked, stocked and barrelled.

Mrs. Arroyo now has the younger Andal Ampatuan under government custody. The younger Ampatuan is now Mrs. Arroyo's most precious commodity, err, her most important asset, a surety if you will, against possible "spillage" of info relating to Hello Garci.

In fact, if you look at it, the younger Andal is now a hostage. Threats against his life are being floated about austensibly for the senior Andal's personal consumption---Arroyo and her hawks want Andal Ampatuan to forever keep his mouth shut or something bad will happen to the 40-year old mass murderer.

Government assets are like vultures flying above the head of the younger Ampatuan. If the Patriarch balks and sends feelers to the Opposition that he's now ready to talk, then, for sure, the younger Andal will either die immediately or spend his entire life in chains.

Such is the life of those who think they are gods.

The younger Andal knows all the secrets of that Maguindanao Hello Garci operation. The Ampatuans know all the dirty things politicians did. The clan knows that they had the upper hand--they can go to the other side and sell the information in exchange for freedom.

I don't know if the elder Ampatuan already realize this---they don't have an ace anymore when they surrendered junior to Jesus Dureza. In fact, Arroyo now has the upper hand.

The detention of Andal also has a very serious security implication---if someone kills him, that would trigger violence not just in Mindanao but also in Metro Manila---justifying the imposition of a state of emergency even in NCR.

And we all know that the NBI is not the best place to keep a mass murderer. I remember months prior to the coup that ousted Erap, several NBI agents were killed there.

This Maguindanao massacre has tragedy written all over it.

Question really is---is Ampatuan ready to be betrayed by his principal? Mrs. Arroyo has a history of sacrificing her Knights for self-preservation. And mind you, in this one, the Ampatuans also incurred enemies from the military and the police who now occupy high positions in the state security establishment. It is to their best interests for the Ampatuans to keep their mouths shut.

Maguindanao Massacre Update: MANGUNDADATUS DISAPPOINTED OVER PALACE ACTIONS: ASK PNP TO ARREST THE GOVERNOR ANDAL AMPATUAN ALSO

Buluan vice mayor Toto Mangundadatu is disappointed over the actions of Malacanang, saying that why is it that the palace is taking sooo long to arrest Datu Unsay Andal Ampatuan Junior and all the perpetuators of the massacre which resulted to the deaths of 57 people.

Reports indicate that the main perpetuators of the crime are now guarding the younger Ampatuan. Twenty members of the Ampatuan private army were arrested. Those who hacked and raped the twenty two women victims are now holed up inside the Ampatuan compound, armed to the teeth.

The United Nations has condemned the massacre as one of the most barbaric acts in this century.

Mangundadatu says that the police should also arrest the Senior Ampatuan due to evidence of the use of the backhoe. It is totally inconceivable, says Mangundadatu, that the criminals or animals who did the massacre were able to use the property of the provincial capitol without the expressed authority from the Maguindanao governor and the provincial engineer.

Andal Ampatuan Sr. is the Governor of Maguindanao and a close ally of Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Meanwhile, several Muslim groups have condemned the massacre and said that they don't consider the Ampatuans as Muslims.

EXCLUSIVE: ANDAL AMPATUAN JR TO BE ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO CAMP CRAME

A police source, who requested anonymity, says that one of the possible scenarios being considered right now is for Datu Unday mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr., son of Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan to be arrested inside the compound and to be sent immediately to Camp Crame.

Andal Jr. is to be immediately sent to Camp Crame for processing. This is one of the points negotiated between the Ampatuans and Jesus Dureza, presidential envoy.

Dureza is expected to take the 40 year old Andal Ampatuan Jr, into custody. Dureza is now in Maguindanao. (One source says one of the relatives of Andal Ampatuan thinks of holding Dureza hostage, which I think is unthinkable.)

Both the palace and the Ampatuans agreed that the younger Andal be subjected to investigation. No police or NBI agent was sent to the Ampatuans to serve the warrant of arrest.

Meanwhile, AFP spokesperson Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner Jr. said the military has taken over the Maguindanao capitol. Several towns in Maguindanao have also been subjected to military control.

Civilian cafgus or militias within the area have been disarmed.

Police have recovered 57 bodies, mostly mangled beyond recognition, in the shallow grave.

Muslim girl raped, robbed and murdered in Maguindanao

I received a report from the Investigative team for Peace in Mindanao. This story is very disturbing.

A girl in her teens was found raped, robbed and killed at the swampy areas of Barangay Pagatin, Datu Saudi Uy Ampatuan in Maguindanao during early Friday night of July 17.

The cadaver of Rahima Lasid (also called Aisa) 15, who had just returned home from overseas contract employment was found at a banca with multiple wounds on her head believed to be caused by hard object her assailant/s had mercilessly used against her in crushing her skull.

Her mother recounted that Rahima asked permission that night to go to a comfort place at the swampy areas. As she has been doing since her return, she rode a banca alone and went to a distant to shield herself of the dark while answering the call of nature.

Alarmed by Rahima’s failure to return back after lapse of hours, her mother pursued her immediately and reached for the area she usually gets to when she eases herself. She then found her daughter lying dead at the banca she boarded just while ago with jewelleries and other personal possessions stolen.

As of this writing, Rahima’s rape and murder case has not yet hit the local news. Even worse, it is still uncertain whether there is a blotter of her case at the local PNP of the municipality for record, let alone for investigation purposes.