DOJ spokesperson Assistant Secretary Mico Clavano said authorities will also continue searching for the missing victims.
“DILG, DOJ, NBI and PNP met with the families of the victims (missing sabungeros). It was agreed that they would continuously search and investigate the cases of the missing persons,” Clavano said in a statement.
“It was also agreed that the families would come to DOJ every 2nd Wednesday of the month for case updates,” he added.
Families of the victims already met with the DOJ today.
Maria Carmelita Lasco, a kin of one of the missing cockfighters, said DOJ Secretary Crispin Remulla assured the families that authorities will do their best to resolve the case.
“Bigyan lang daw po siya ng ilang days para ma-release ang resolution, para mabigyan na kami ng hustisya,” Lasco said.
[Translation: He asked us to just give him a few days to release a resolution so that we can get the justice we deserve.]
Another relative, Mario Velasco, hopes to receive good news this Christmas season.
“Sana nga pa-Christmas na niya sa amin na ilabas na yung resolusyon nang sa gayon po ay luminaw ang usaping ito at makamit namin kahit paano ang justice,” he said.
[Translation: I hope the resolution will be a Christmas gift for us so everything will be clear already.]
The Philippine National Police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group on Thursday released the composite sketches of two suspects in the case involving the disappearance of 34 cockfight enthusiasts.
The abductions were reported as early as last year in Manila, Bulacan, Laguna, and Batangas. Some suspects, among them members of the National Capital Region Police Office, have already been charged with kidnapping and illegal detention.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 2) – The Department of Justice on Friday said families of the missing cockfight enthusiasts or sabungeros agreed to meet with officials every second Wednesday of the month for updates on the case.
