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Navia vs. Pardico

EDGARDO NAVIA, RUBEN DIO, and ANDREW BUISING, Petitioners, vs. VIRGINIA PARDICO, for and in behalf and in representation of BENHUR V. PARDICO Respondent.

G.R. No. 184467 | 2012-06-19

EN BANC
D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
For the protective writ of amparo to issue in enforced disappearance cases, allegation and proof that the persons subject thereof are missing are not enough.  It must also be shown by the required quantum of proof that their disappearance was carried out by, “or with the authorization, support or acquiescence of, [the government] or a political organization, followed by a refusal to acknowledge [the same or] give information on the fate or whereabouts of [said missing] persons.”[3]
 
This petition for review on certiorari[4] filed in...