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22 July 2001 - 41-year old Milagros Belga was brutally murdered by two men in her home
in Magdalena, Laguna. She suffered bullet and stab wounds. Milagros was a GABRIELA
member and a human rights para-legal volunteer.
8 April 2002 - Manuela Albarillo, a GABRIELA member, and her husband Expedito, a
BAYAN Muna political party coordinator, were assassinated near their home in
Magdalena, Laguna.
21 May2002 - Rodriga and Ruben Apolinar and their 8-year old daughter Nina Angela of
Laguna were murdered by strafing their house that night by unidentified gunmen.
Ruben was a member of BAYAN Muna political party. Rodriga was a member of
GABRIELA.
27 August 2004 - Melita Trinidad Carvajal, 50, of Sta. Rosa Laguna, was shot by two
unidentified men on a motorcycle while standing in front of her house on August 27,
2004. Melita was hit with two bullets. She died instantly. Melita was a GABRIELA
Women’s Party municipal coordinator and the spokesperson for a number of local and
neighborhood organizations. She fought for the rights of women and children as she led
the anti-demolition and anti-corruption campaigns in her town.
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