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Compostela union leader, 3 others critically wounded by gunshots
EDIA RELEASE
December 15, 2006
Compostela union leader, 3 others critically wounded by gunshots
Vicente “Boy” Barrios, president of the Nagkahiusang Mamumuo sa Suyapa Farm (NAMASUFA-NAFLU-KMU) and three other workers were shot at around 5:30 early this morning. The workers were on their way to work when unidentified men held them at gunpoint and open fired at them.
The workers were rushed to Davao Regional Hospital in Tagum City for immediate medical attention. As of this writing, two of the victims are in critical condition while Barrios sustained bullet wounds but is able to talk.
Comval Labor Leader, 3 Others Survive Attack; 2 in Critical Condition
The leader of a union of banana workers in Compostela Valley province and three other members were shot by unidentified men on their way to work early Friday, the latest…
Frustrated massacre of 4 NAMASUFA ? Anakpawis leaders in ComVal; Karapatan to conduct fact finding
Press Release
December 15, 2006
Frustrated massacre of 4 NAMASUFA ? Anakpawis leaders in ComVal; Karapatan to conduct fact finding
Karapatan condemns the frustrated massacre of four Nagkahiusang Mamumuo sa Suyapa Farms (NAMASUFA) leaders and active Anakpawis members in Compostela Valley Province today, December 15 at around 5:30 am.
Vicente Barrios, Aldrin Cortez, Donie Glen Sondon and Jerson Lastimoso, Chairman and members of NAMASUFA in ComVal Province, respectively, where shot by unidentified men while the 4 victims were on their way for work at the Fresh Banana Agricultural Corporation Packing Plant 90. The said victims were then rushed to the Davao Regional Hospital in Tagum City at 7:30 am, two are in critical condition.