6. Rafael Bangit
On June 8, 2006, at about 3:30 p.m., Rafael Bangit, 45 years old, married, Secretary-General of Binodngan Peoples Organization and an active advocate against large-scale mining in Kalinga, and Chairman of Bayan-Muna-Kalinga Province, was a passenger in a bus bound for Baguio City from Tabuk, Kalinga. After the bus had a stop-over for dinner in Brgy Quezon, San Isidro, Isabela and, as the passengers were about to board, a person wearing a black bonnet suddenly appeared and shot the victim, including Gloria Casuga, a school principal, who likewise sustained five gunshot wounds.
The person who shot Rafael Bangit was with other armed men who fled on board a Delica van, which had apparently been tailing the bus since it left Tabuk, Kalinga.
There has been no progress whatsoever in the investigation of the case.
7. Noel Noli Capulong
Noel Noli Capulong, a Bayan Muna Laguna Chapter leader and a member of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) was shot to death on May 27, 2006 at about 6p.m. in Brgy. Parian, Calamba City, by two unidentified suspects riding on a motorcycle. One of the suspects who was the backrider alighted from the motorcycle and shot the victim at close range who was on board an owner-type jeep. The suspects were both wearing bonnets but the gunman supposedly wore the bonnet only as a headgear. As of May 2006, Capulong was the fourth member of the UCCP to be killed.
A criminal complaint for murder is supposed to have been filed against a certain Alfredo Alinsunurin with the City Prosecutors Office, Calamba City, but the file does not indicate the evidentiary basis for the charge. The respondent is at large.
8. Victorina Gomez
Victorina Gomez, 63 years old, a widow was the barangay captain of Brgy. Parian, Mexico Pampanga. The shooting occurred at about 5:30 p.m. on December 16, 2005, while Ms. Gomez, together with Brgy. Kagawad Romeo Atienza, Brgy Kagawad Reynaldo Macabali, and other persons were walking towards her house after attending a meeting hosted by the 69th Infantry Batallion, Philippine Army held at the Mexico Gymnasium in Mexico, Pampanga. Two unidentified male suspects wearing helmets and riding a motorcycle were responsible for the killing. While one of the suspects kept the engine of the motorcycle running, the other walked towards Ms. Gomez and her companion and shot to death Ms. Gomez and Kagawad Romeo Atienza; Brgy. Kagawad Reynaldo Macabali was seriously wounded. Afterwards, the gunman immediately boarded the motorcycle and the assailants sped away.
The gunman apparently used a cal 9mm machine pistol with a silencer. Recovered from the crime scene were empty shells and deformed slugs from a suspected cal. 9 mm pistol.
There has been no reported progress in the police investigation whatsoever.
Extrajudicial Killings, Melo Commission Report on Extrajudicial Killings
