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CIDG still gathering evidence on 34 missing sabungeros

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Raffy Santos, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A cockfighting match at the San Pedro Coliseum in Laguna province, Aug. 26, 2022. Jam Sta. Rosa, AFP/File " src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/10/24/08-ph-cockfight-afp.jpg"/><figcaption>A cockfighting match at the San Pedro Coliseum in Laguna province, Aug. 26, 2022. Jam Sta. Rosa, AFP/File </figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said on Wednesday it was still gathering evidence on the disappearance of 34 &quot;sabungero&quot; who went missing last year. </p><p>CIDG chief PBGen Ronald Lee said investigators would would base their subsequent updates on this evidence.</p><p>“Yes, missing pa rin. Unless may makita po tayo na ebidensya, na body of evidence ay missing pa rin po,” Lee said of the cockfight enthusiasts. </p><p>(They are still missing. Unless we find evidence, they are still considered missing.)</p><p>But Lee said the families should prepare for the worst.</p><p>“I don&#x27;t want na bigyan po kayo ng pag-asa, ng false hope. We will still pray for a miracle,” he said. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/multimedia/slideshow/10/24/22/feathers-fly-as-cockfighting-shakes-off-covid-closures">Feathers fly as Philippine cockfighting shakes off COVID closures</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v-HZ-a30fas?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>Justice Secretary Boying Remulla this week said &quot;the presumption of death should be very strong already.&quot; </p><p>&quot;In fact, I wouldn&#x27;t even want to call them anymore missing sabungeros, but probably, &#x27;dead sabungeros&#x27;... The probability of them coming out is not very high; very sad thing,&quot; he said. </p><p>LINK<br/>https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/01/22/kidnapping-raps-filed-vs-2-men-seen-with-missing-sabungero<br/> <br/>The family of missing “sabungero” Michael Bautista this month filed a complaint for kidnapping and serious illegal detention against 2 men last seen on video in his company: a certain Julie Patidongan alias Dondon and another yet to be named suspect.</p><p>Patidongan and the unnamed suspect were seen on a cellphone video first reported by ABS-CBN News accompanying a handcuffed Bautista outside a cockfighting arena in Laguna on the night of April 28, 2021, just before he went missing. </p><p>A witness and Bautista&#x27;s brother both identified Patidongan as the manager of the AA-Cobra Farm in Brgy. Palasan in Santa Cruz, Laguna, the same area where the cockfighting arena is located.</p><p>The CIDG said more complaints will be filed soon against Patidongan and 7 security guards. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/15/22/prayer-vigil-isinagawa-para-sa-35-nawawalang-sabungero">Prayer vigil isinagawa sa CHR para sa 35 nawawalang sabungero</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2353626" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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CIDG still gathering evidence on 34 missing sabungeros

Raffy Santos,

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Published December 21, 2022 06:19 PM PHT

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