Around 190 Aeta families were forced to evacuate to Barangay Aglao, San Marcelino, Zambales last August 21 after their community in Barangay Buhawen was bombed by the military using four helicopters. Majority of the evacuees are children.
Nine residents, including four minors, were illegally detained by 703rd IBde troopers who accused them of being members of the New People’s Army. Civilians Witi Ramos, Jepoy Ramos, and Nalin Ramos were arrested and tortured. In utter cruelty, soldiers forced Nalin Ramos to eat human excrement.
The bombing destroyed the farmlands and hunting grounds of the Aetas. Soldiers also butchered and ate the residents’ farm animals.
The soldiers are clearing the area to pave the way for the reentry of four large mining companies which were suspended in in 2017 for causing massive environmental damage.
https://cpp.ph/2020/09/07/afps-brutality-against-aetas-in-zambales/
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