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Karen De Guzman

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1757466884936cropped-G0cmhLJaUAAj7ED.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Authorities recovered more skeletal remains and personal items in Taal Lake during search ops for the missing sabungeros. via Karen de Guzman, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATE)</strong> — Authorities have recovered more skeletal remains and personal items in Taal Lake during their search operations for the missing sabungeros. </p><p>According to a source, a joint team composed of police, coast guard, and other law enforcement units resumed their diving operations in the waters of Laurel town.</p><p>On September 5 (Day 58 of the search), divers found two fine nets containing at least 16 pieces of alleged human skeletal remains, 6 sand bags, and 2 pieces of rope.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/1/murder-raps-filed-vs-atong-ang-others-tagged-in-missing-sabungeros-case-1226">Murder raps filed vs Atong Ang, others tagged in &#x27;missing sabungeros&#x27; case: kin</a></div><p>On September 8 (Day 61), another set of operations yielded one fine net and five white sacks with one alleged human skeletal remain, a white t-shirt, a black jacket (size small), a light pink tumbler, and black sand. </p><p>The most recent operation, conducted on September 9 (Day 62), led to the recovery of one white sack containing 10 pieces of alleged human skeletal remains, one black nylon rope, and black sand.</p><p>These items were turned over to the Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) and CIDG for examination and documentation.</p><p>The remains will undergo DNA testing to determine if they match with the relatives of the sabungeros who disappeared in 2021 to 2022.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PnSIZzwMZ-M?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>From September 5 to 9, divers found nets and sacks with at least 27 alleged human bones, ropes, sandbags, clothes, and personal items.</p>

From September 5 to 9, divers found nets and sacks with at least 27 alleged human bones, ropes, sandbags, clothes, and personal items.

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Missing sabungeros: More skeletal remains, personal items recovered in Taal Lake

Karen De Guzman,

ABS-CBN News

Published September 10, 2025 09:17 AM PHT

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Updated September 10, 2025 10:19 AM PHT

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