Joel Parcon
Year: 2009
Nationality: Philippines
Killed by: Government Officials
Location: Ampatuan, Philippines
Press organization: Prontiera News
What's Joel Parcon's story?
In the deadliest event for the press ever recorded by CPJ, 30 Philippine journalists and two media support workers were ambushed and brutally slain on November 23 as they traveled in Maguindanao province with a convoy of people who intended to file gubernatorial candidacy papers for a local politician. In all, 57 people were killed in a shocking display of barbarism apparently motivated by political clan rivalries. Most of the bodies were dumped in a mass hillside grave in the town of Ampatuan.
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