Raymart, son of Luzviminda
Luzyiminda Siapo dreamt of giving her children a better life when she left for Kuwait two years ago. But last week news from home, the kind nightmares are made of, sent the domestic running back.
On March 29th, a group of
men in ski masks abducted and killed her 19-year old son Raymart a
day after a neighbour tagged him as a marijuana peddler in Barangay
NBBS, Navotas City.
“All it took was a false
accusation for these people to murder my son,” Siapo, a single
parent, said in an interview earlier this week. They did not bother
to investigate, they did not bother to verify. “They just killed
him”. The night before the murder, Raymart and a neighbour had a
heated argument that ended with the latter going to the barangay hall
to accuse Raymart of many things, like selling marijuana. The
neighbour, ideentified only as Pejie, said his piece before desk
officer Christopher Cariquitan who had everything recorded in his
logbook.
The following night, aarmed
men on motorbikes came looking for the teenager. An uncle who served
as Raymart's guardian said over 14 men arrived and five of them
entered their target's house. They couldn't find Raymart but later
located him at a friend's house nearby.
Last cries for help
Forced
to ride with the group, Raymart was last heard crying for help from
anyone he saw on the street. They went around the barangay until they
reached the area known as Bangkulasi.
The gunmen reportedly asked
Raymart to get off the motorcycle and run. He wouldn't, and couldn't
for Raymart was born with bilateral club foot (both feet were
deformed).
“When my son refused, they asked him to sit down instead. Then, they shot him. Just like that, Stapo said.
Aie Balagtas See: Philippine Daily Enquirer, April 9
Comment by M. Ceres P. Doyo in Phillipine Enquirer, 4/13/2017
There s no name for her pain
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