The Disappearance of Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan

Feb 7, 2023 · 1h 2m 51s

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In 2006, two UP Diliman students and an elderly farmer from Hagonoy, Bulacan were forcibly taken, abducted and illegally detained in secret military facilities as a part of a crackdown...

In 2006, two UP Diliman students and an elderly farmer from Hagonoy, Bulacan were forcibly taken, abducted and illegally detained in secret military facilities as a part of a crackdown on activists suspected of supporting the military arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines, the NPA or National People's Army.

The three desaparecidos' case would come to highlight a deeply corrupt military system, propped by the government at the time and a wildly obtuse way at looking at left-leaning activists and supporters, leading to brutal crimes and trauma.

Listen now to learn about Karen and Sherlyn here at Lagim Podcast.

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