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Sarmiento, In Re: Aristedes, et al. Vs. Juan Ponce Enrile, et al.

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS FOR ARISTEDES SARMIENTO AND LAURA DEL CASTILLO SARMIENTO, IGNACIO DEL CASTILLO, petitioner, vs. HON. JUAN PONCE ENRILE, LT. GEN. FIDEL V. RAMOS AND MAJ. GEORGE L. ALINO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-62119 | 1984-08-27

R E S O L U T I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

At about 9:00 p.m. on October 9, 1982, Aristedes Sarmiento and his wife, Laura del Castillo Sarmiento, were apprehended by armed men in civilian attire as the couple left the Rosarian Hotel in Gumaca, Quezon. They were brought to Camp Arsenio Natividad, also in Gumaca, where they were interrogated without benefit of counsel. Laura was then eight months pregnant. She was not maltreated; at least she made no claim to that effect. But Aristedes complained that he was struck at his side with the barrel of an Armalite rifle.

The spouses were not released from detention despite the fact that they were...