Backhoe, armored vehicles connected to Maguindanao massacre kept in storage

Backhoe used used to bury the victims of the Maguindanao Massacre in storage inside the PNP Region 12 Office Headquarters in General Santos City. PHOTO BY CHINO GASTON

The infamous backhoe allegedly used to bury the victims of the Maguindanao Massacre is in storage inside the PNP Region 12 Office Headquarters in General Santos City.

Improvised armored vehicles were among the vehicles that blocked the convoy of the 58 victims of the Maguindanao Massacre are in storage inside the PNP Region 12 Office Headquarters in General Santos City. PHOTO BY CHINO GASTON

Meanwhile, the improvised armored vehicles of the Ampatuan family locally known as Sanggoku were among the vehicles that blocked the convoy of the 58 victims of the Maguindanao Massacre.

The vehicles are part of the evidence in the decade long case.

The verdict on the worst case of election-related violence and single deadliest event for journalists in the country is set to be issued on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019.

Members of the Ampatuan political clan and alleged mastermind of the so-called Maguindanao Massacre will face Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court. — BAP, GMA News