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Jonas Joseph T. Burgos
Jonas Burgos has not been seen since April 28, 2007 when gunmen dragged him from Hapag Kainan restaurant in Ever Gotesco Mall along Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City, to a waiting Toyota Revo whose license plate was traced to another vehicle that was impounded last year at the 56th Infantry Battalion camp in Bulacan. PERSONAL- Full Name: Jonas Joseph Burgos
- Nickname: Jay, Jay-jay
- Age: 36
- Father: Jose "Joe" Burgos, Jr.
- Mother: Editha Chavez Tronqued Burgos
- BS Agriculture, Benguet State University
- AB Philosophy and Letters, San Beda College (undergrad)
- Member, Alyansa ng Magbubukid ng Bulacan, a local chapter of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas
TIMELINE OF ABDUCTION
July 6, 2007
- Dr. Burgos said she found striking similarities between the cartographic sketches of the suspects in the abduction of five supporters of former President Joseph Estrada in Quezon City last year and those in the abduction of her son. »
- Armed Forces Chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon said that he has been advised by the Judge Advocate General’s Office that releasing the AFP Provost Marshal report to the Burgos family was no longer necessary. »
- Army chief Lieutenant General Romeo Tolentino said the military is looking into the possible involvement of Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa/Revolutionary Proletarian Army/Alex Boncayao Brigade, a breakaway faction of the Communist Party of the Philippines in the abduction of Jonas. »
- In a statement, Dr. Burgos accused the Philippine Army of kidnapping his son. She also said Esperon is "covering up the crime committed against Jonas." »
- Dr. Burgos received a received text message claiming Jonas is already dead. She said she did not believe it. »
- Mrs. Burgos took the witness stand during the Commission on Human Rights hearing on the case of Jonas. »
- In the same hearing, Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Major General Delfin Bangit denied that the intelligence unit has anything to do with the abduction, stressing that Jonas "is not an enemy of the state." »
- The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines called on their colleagues to "keep vigil" and continue working to tear the "curtain of darkness." »
- The Burgos family started a prayer campaign for the release of Jonas. »
- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo called Dr. Burgos to express her concern about Jonas. The President also reminded her to go see Gen. Esperon. »
- Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines president Angel Lagdameo posted on his blog and on YouTube a prayer seeking the safe release of Jonas. »
- Dr. Burgos met with Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita to seek his help in finding Jonas. »
- Five Philippine Army officers and personnel implicated in the abduction of Jonas showed up before police investigators at Camp Crame and denied any involvement in the crime. »
- Former Vice President Teofisto Guingona joined a protest rally of militant groups in front of Camp Aguinaldo calling for the release of Jonas. »
- AFP used music to silence the rally. »
- JL, Jonas' brother, went to Mariveles, Bataan after receiving a tip that a man who looked like Jonas was seen in the area. The man turned out to be another person. »
- Defense Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. and Armed Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr., in a meeting with Akbayan Rep. Etta Rosales, have assured that a breakthrough will be reached in a week’s time on the case of Jonas. »
- The police and the family of Jonas went to Abucay, Bataan to check on a dead body cadaver recovered two days after Jonas Burgos was abducted. Jonas' mother said the body isn't that of her son. »
- Army spokesman Lt. Col. Nestor Torres said Lt. Col. Noel Clement, former commander of the 56th Infantry Battalion, was summoned for questioning on May 11, while Lt. Col. Melquiades Feliciano, who replaced Clement as part of a routine reshuffle in January, was suspended. He added that he was not informed about the results of the questioning by the military's provost marshal. »
- CHR Commissioner Ed Diansuy said they found as insufficient the initial reports--both one page each--submitted by the military and police of their separate investigations on the abduction of Jonas. »
- Dr. Burgos, accompanied by members of the group Desaparecidos, visited former President Aquino at her home in Quezon City and thanked her for her support. »
- Senior Superintendent Joel Napoleon Coronel, Metro Manila chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, said in a television interview that Mauro Mudlong, registered owner of the utility with license plate TAB-194 reportedly used in Burgos' abduction, told them it had been impounded by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources on June 24, 2006 reportedly because it was suspected to have been used in illegal logging operations. »
- Supporters and friends of the Burgos family marched along EDSA and gathered at the People Power Monument to demand Jonas' safe and immediate release. »
- Ambassador Alistair B. MacDonald, head of the delegation of the European Commission to the Philippines, expressed his shock over the abduction of Burgos. »
- The Commission on Human Rights asked the AFP and the PNP to find Jonas. »
- Jonas' brother LJ said unidentified motorcycle-riding men have been casing their house. »
- In a statement, Police Director Geary Barias, Task Force USIG commander, said the police has sent a team of investigators to Norzagaray, Bulacan, to look for a certain Mauro Mudlong, the registered owner of a utility vehicle with license plates TAB-194. Witnesses said the same license numbers were in the car plates of a maroon Toyota Revo used by Burgos' alleged abductors. »
- Former President Cory Aquino expressed concern over the disappearance of Jonas. »
- Two more witnesses appeared at a Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit investigation. They confirmed that four men abducted Jonas while a lady companion and two other men acted as back up.
- One of the witnesses, a security guard on duty, said he tried to intervene, but one of the abductors told him: "Pare, pulis!" They then dragged Jonas to a waiting Maroon Toyota Revo with plate number TAB 194. The CIDU was able to produce a cartographic sketch of the two suspects. »
- In a press conference, the family announced that Jonas is missing. A witness appeared at an ABS–CBN show stating he saw Jonas being abducted by four unidentified men at Hapag Kainan in Ever Gotesco, Commonwealth. »
- The families of Desaparecidos for Justice (Desaparecidos) condemned the disappearance of Jonas and Melisa Reyes, another abduction victim. »
- The Burgos family tried contacting Jonas’ cell phone. By 10:45 am, Jonas texted “Sensya na, naliligo lang." The family was then able talk to Jonas, but he sounded drugged or drunk. He was talking nonsense. »
- Unidentified men accosted Burgos while he was having lunch at Hapag Kainan in Ever Gotesco Mall along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City. According to witnesses, Burgos was then “held by the hands and feet" and taken to a van outside the mall. While being dragged, he kept on shouting "Aktibista lang po ako." He did not go home that night. »
