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The suspect, Tanto Ali, alias Wali and Tanny, was the second to fall since the military’s Aug. 13 bombing of their lair in this province which resulted in the death of Alonto and 17 of his men. 


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Elected officials and other leaders in two Maguindanao towns where Chinese traders were recently abducted, said they are aware that criminal elements supporting their rivals were behind the spate of kidnappings in their respective areas.


Since 1990, kidnappings in Central Mindanao have mounted during election periods, with some alleged notorious kidnappers even throwing their hats in the political arena.


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The victim, Vicente Yu, owner of Lian Hing Trading here, said his family paid the kidnappers P500,000 for his "board and lodging" while being held captive in different areas in Maguindanao.


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Grocery store owner Michael Ang, 28, was released less than 24 hours after kidnapped student Al Vincent Uy, 14, was rescued in nearby Sultan Kudarat town. 


The kidnappers’ emissaries brought Ang to the residence here of Datu Tucao Mastura, former mayor of Sultan Kudarat who intervened for the victim’s release.


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The victim, Al Vincent Uy, who was snatched Tuesday near the Notre Dame High School in Midsayap town, was freed by his captors after a brief firefight with pursuing lawmen led by Datu Tucao Mastura, former mayor of Sultan Kudarat who is popular for his "eye-for-an-eye, tooth-for-a-tooth" policy against criminals.


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Lt. Gen. Diomedio Villanueva identified the new kidnap victim as Al Vincent Uy, 13, a first year high school student of Notre Dame of Midsayap High School.


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Another Pentagon man falls

By John Unson | September 15, 2004 - 12:00am

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao — Operatives of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division arrested yesterday another henchman of slain Pentagon kidnap gang leader Tahir Alonto. The suspect, Tanto Ali, alias Wali and...

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Central Mindanao officials fear surge in kidnaps

By John Unson | November 6, 2000 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY – Kidnappings of wealthy residents of Central Mindanao are feared to escalate as next year’s elections...

Nation

Cotabato trader freed in exchange for P.5 M

October 18, 2000 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY – Kidnappers freed yesterday, through the intercession of an influential Muslim datu, a Chinese trader snatched here last month. The victim, Vicente Yu, owner of Lian Hing Trading here, said his...

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Cotabato trader released

By John Unson | October 9, 2000 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — Kidnappers of a wealthy Chinese trader freed him without ransom here last Saturday night after a former mayor threatened to kill two of their captured...

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Kidnapped Cotabato lad rescued after firefight

By John Unson | October 8, 2000 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — Soldiers and policemen, led by an iron-fisted Muslim datu, rescued the other day a kidnapped 14-year-old son of a wealthy merchant in a daring rescue mission at a secluded district in Nearby...

Nation

MILF remnants abduct young student in Cotabato; rescue operations on

By Roel Pareño | October 6, 2000 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY — The notorious kidnap for ransom group (KFRG) believed to be remnants of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) seized a son of a prominent...

Nation