Shown below is the map of the Philippines. This Province of Sulu is located in southern portion of this country and this province is also under the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
Jolo, Sulu
Jolo is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Sulu, Philippines and Jolo is the capital municipality of Sulu. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 87,998 people in 12,814 households. Jolo was the center of the government of the Sultanate of Sulu. It is located on Jolo Island. The political leaders of this areas are the following:
ARMM Regional Governor Datu Zaldy Ampatuan.
Province of Sulu Governor Sakur Tan
Jolo Municipality Mayor Hussein Amin
FACTS OF THE CASE
On 15 January 2009, more or less 11:00 o'clock in the morning 3 representatives of Geneva based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were kidnapped by criminals believed to be members of dreaded Abu Sayyaf gang in brod daylight right at the Sulu provincial capitol.
Taken at gunpoint were Andreas Notter, 38, a Swiss national who headed the ICRC branch in Zamboanga City; Eugenio Vagni, 62, of Italy; and Filipino engineer Jean Lacaba, 37.
Swiss
Italian
Philippine
The kidnapping is an International crime wherein the abductors attack these innocent civilians performing humanitarian missions of the Red Cross.The Province and the Philippine nation is in shame to this matter.
The ICRC representatives arrived in the province on 14 January 2009 (Wednesday) with the mission to solicit information about the jailbreak in which 12 inmates escaped and another was killed on said jailbreak activity. But, what happend was that the ICRC representatives were now kidnapped.
Three other Filipino ICRC workers were left behind -medical officer Dr. Richie Sorilla, senior field officer Ramon Catacutan and field officer Mohamad Shihata Jikiri.
Vehicle recovered
The governor said the ICRC vehicle was found two hours after the 11am abduction, in the village of Bangana
ICRC was planning to help in the rehabilitation of the provincial jail following Thursday’s jailbreak. The team was looking at water and sanitation facilities.
Some witnesses informed that three of the Filipino passengers (Sorilla, Catacutan and Jikiri) were forced to leave the vehicle.
ISSUE OF THE CASE:
We were wondering why they were taken just outside the jail facility.The jail is just about five meters away from the provincial capitol and a few steps away from the Area Coordinating Center. An Abu Sayyaf group under Albader Parad is believed to be behind the kidnapping, the government forces said. Esperat said the ICRC staff visited the provincial jail to look into the condition of the prisoners there.“That’s why an engineer, Jean Lacaba, was there to assess the facility and find out how we could help the prisoners there,” Esperat said.
CONCLUSION:
Therefore, the kidnapping was done with the knowledge of some personnel who connections about the planned visitation of the International Community of the Red Cross (ICRC) representatives.
History about the kidnappings in Jolo, Sulu dictates that:
The ICRC has been in the Philippines since 1982, assisting and protecting civilians affected by the conflict in Mindanao. As of 2009, the ICRC in Manila has a 132-man staff, including 26 expatriates.
It was the most high-profile kidnapping of foreigners since 2001, when Abu Sayyaf gunmen snatched nearly two dozen tourists from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan, including three Americans. One was beheaded and the other was killed during a military rescue operation.The incident prompted Washington to deploy troops in Mindanao starting in 2002, but they are barred from combat.
A year earlier, Abu Sayyaf seized about 20 foreign tourists from Malaysia’s Sipadan resort and held them on Jolo for several months before they were released in exchange for millions of dollars, reportedly paid by Libya.
YOU WANT TO KNOW THE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM? I could not divulge the solution of the problem in open because this is highly confidential. The blogger is a security consultant and an expert on the recovery of kidnap victims, illegal recruitment victims and others. I am willing to help. Just email me if you need my expertice at
Taken at gunpoint were Andreas Notter, 38, a Swiss national who headed the ICRC branch in Zamboanga City; Eugenio Vagni, 62, of Italy; and Filipino engineer Jean Lacaba, 37.
Swiss
Italian
Philippine
The kidnapping is an International crime wherein the abductors attack these innocent civilians performing humanitarian missions of the Red Cross.The Province and the Philippine nation is in shame to this matter.
The ICRC representatives arrived in the province on 14 January 2009 (Wednesday) with the mission to solicit information about the jailbreak in which 12 inmates escaped and another was killed on said jailbreak activity. But, what happend was that the ICRC representatives were now kidnapped.
Three other Filipino ICRC workers were left behind -medical officer Dr. Richie Sorilla, senior field officer Ramon Catacutan and field officer Mohamad Shihata Jikiri.
Vehicle recovered
The governor said the ICRC vehicle was found two hours after the 11am abduction, in the village of Bangana
ICRC was planning to help in the rehabilitation of the provincial jail following Thursday’s jailbreak. The team was looking at water and sanitation facilities.
Some witnesses informed that three of the Filipino passengers (Sorilla, Catacutan and Jikiri) were forced to leave the vehicle.
ISSUE OF THE CASE:
We were wondering why they were taken just outside the jail facility.The jail is just about five meters away from the provincial capitol and a few steps away from the Area Coordinating Center. An Abu Sayyaf group under Albader Parad is believed to be behind the kidnapping, the government forces said. Esperat said the ICRC staff visited the provincial jail to look into the condition of the prisoners there.“That’s why an engineer, Jean Lacaba, was there to assess the facility and find out how we could help the prisoners there,” Esperat said.
CONCLUSION:
Therefore, the kidnapping was done with the knowledge of some personnel who connections about the planned visitation of the International Community of the Red Cross (ICRC) representatives.
History about the kidnappings in Jolo, Sulu dictates that:
The ICRC has been in the Philippines since 1982, assisting and protecting civilians affected by the conflict in Mindanao. As of 2009, the ICRC in Manila has a 132-man staff, including 26 expatriates.
It was the most high-profile kidnapping of foreigners since 2001, when Abu Sayyaf gunmen snatched nearly two dozen tourists from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan, including three Americans. One was beheaded and the other was killed during a military rescue operation.The incident prompted Washington to deploy troops in Mindanao starting in 2002, but they are barred from combat.
A year earlier, Abu Sayyaf seized about 20 foreign tourists from Malaysia’s Sipadan resort and held them on Jolo for several months before they were released in exchange for millions of dollars, reportedly paid by Libya.
YOU WANT TO KNOW THE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM? I could not divulge the solution of the problem in open because this is highly confidential. The blogger is a security consultant and an expert on the recovery of kidnap victims, illegal recruitment victims and others. I am willing to help. Just email me if you need my expertice at
loyd.sagitarius@gmail.com
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