The number of missing sabungeros has reached 30. One of the missings was found to be the only child and a breadwinner.
In the program “Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho” this Sunday, it was said that five of the missing are from Laguna and Batangas, while ten are each from Rizal and Bulacan.
Among those missing sabungeros are neighbors in Tanay, Rizal John Claude Inonog, brothers Marlon and James Baccay, Mark Joseph Velasco, Ruel Gomez, and Rondel Cristorum.
The six went on January 13 to the Manila Arena in Sta. Ana, Manila, and has not been found since.
It was found out that Inonog was the driver of the Tamaraw FX that the group boarded and dropped them in the cockpit.
According to Inonog’s partner, she was surprised when he just saw her message and did not answer her call, which he had not done before.
Before disappearing, Inonog even managed to call a man named Mario and said he was taking them in the van. But Inonog’s cellphone was snatched, and he has not been contacted since.
Mario said they immediately went to the cockpit in Manila, but the guards there kept their mouths shut about what happened.
Relatives beg for the return of missing sabungeros
The mother of the Baccay siblings, the group’s handler, said her children were kind and had no enemies.
She said he could no longer sleep and could not eat.
Ronaldo is also deeply saddened by the loss of his son Rondel.
He said that his son was just a chicken keeper and porter of the group’s equipment. He said he was given P2,000 when the cockfight was over.
Rondel is their only child and the breadwinner.
“Napakasakit. Parang sasabog ang puso ko sa sobrang hinagpis, sa sobrang hinanakit. Kaisa-isa kong anak ganito ang sinapit,” he said.
“Hindi naman po siya masamang tao, siya lang po ang bumubuhay sa amin. Wala po akong trabaho, PWD po ako. Maanaw na po kayo,” he added.
Even the alleged financier of the group, Ferdinand Dizon, could no longer be contacted by the relatives of the missing sabungeros.
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