Last Seen:

August 26, 1988

Pampanga
On August 26, 1988, six unidentified armed men arrested two labor leaders along Henson St. in Angeles City. The victims were identified as Simplicio Anino Jr., 34 years old, married, organizer and coordinator of the Association of Nationalist Genuine Labor Organizations (ANGLO), and Raul Quiroz, 26, married and secretary general of Bukluran ng Manggagawa ng Pampanga (BMP) and the provincial coordinator of the Association of Democratic Labor Organizations.  At about 4:00 in the afternoon of August 26, 1988, the two labor leaders were seen being abducted at gunpoint by six men armed with armalite rifles and .45 caliber pistols along Henson St. in Angeles City. According to witnesses, the two were on board a passenger jeepney on their way to a meeting with striking workers of City Lunch and Los Amigos restaurants. The jeepney was blocked by two cars from which six armed men alighted, poking their guns at the two whom they singled out from the other passengers. This sent the others to scamper in different directions.   Another witness claimed to have seen Raul Quiros being dropped off from a light blue Lancer car an hour later and shoved at the gate of a house at San Vicente St., Villa Dolores Subdivision, Angeles City. The area is rumored to be the haven of vigilantes and hired killers now stalking the city. Raul was seen blindfolded, his mouth gagged and hands tied behind his back.  Nothing, however, was heard of Simplicio.  In the evening of the same day, labor leaders all over Pampanga, together with the families of the missing victims, had a dialogue with Mayor Antonio Abad Santos. They sought his assistance regarding the case. The mayor made a commitment to locate and save the two from their abductors, whom he suspected as vigilantes. On August 29, 1988, upon the order of Mayor Santos, the City Metrodiscom issued instructions to all Metrodiscom units in the region to help locate the two missing labor leaders.  Labor organizations in Pampanga and nearby provinces launched campaigns and activities to denounce the abduction of their comrades and to pressure the authorities to surface the two missing victims.   On September 10, 1989, another witness claimed to have seen Raul Quiros detained in Camp Crame but taken back to Pampanga two days later by unidentified military units from Pampanga. Raul's relatives went to Camp Olivas to verify his whereabouts. Unfortunately, he was not there. He was never seen again, and neither was Simplicio.

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