Fifty-eight people were killed while travelling to file an election candidacy.
Updated 20 Aug 2026
A convoy carrying relatives, lawyers, supporters, and journalists travelled to file Esmael Mangudadatu's candidacy for provincial governor on 23 November 2009. [1]
Armed men stopped the convoy and killed fifty-eight people. In 2019, a Philippine court convicted members and associates of the Ampatuan political family, while acquitting others. [2]
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Armed men intercepted a convoy travelling to file Esmael Mangudadatu's candidacy and killed 58 people, including 32 media workers.
Source: Wikipedia ↗Andal Ampatuan Jr., a central accused member of the politically powerful Ampatuan family, surrendered three days after the killings.
Source: Al Jazeera ↗The first trial day began with Ampatuan entering a not-guilty plea as prosecutors started the long-running criminal proceedings.
Source: GMA News ↗A Philippine court convicted leading Ampatuan family members and other defendants of 57 murder counts while acquitting others.
Source: Philippine News Agency ↗The Court of Appeals rejected a former police officer's reconsideration motion and maintained his accessory conviction on 57 counts.
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