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In re: Aquino, Jr., et al. vs. Enrile, et al. [SEPARATE OPINION, CASTRO, J.]

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS OF BENIGNO S. AQUINO, JR., RAMON MITRA, JR., FRANCISCO RODRIGO, AND NAPOLEON RAMA, petitioners vs. HON. JUAN PONCE ENRILE, SECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE; GEN. ROMEO ESPINO, CHIEF OF STAFF, ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES; AND GEN. FIDEL V. RAMOS, CHIEF, PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY, respondents. [SEPARATE OPINION, CASTRO, J.]

G.R. No. L-35546 / No. L-35538. / No. L-35539 / No. L-35540 / No. L-35547 / No. L-35556 / No. L-3 | 1974-09-17

Separate Opinions 

CASTRO, J., concurring: 


These nine cases are applications for writs of habeas corpus. The petitions aver in substance that on September 21, 1972 the President of the Philippines placed the country under martial law (Proclamation 1081); that on various dates from September 22 to September 30, 1972, the petitioners or the persons in whose behalf the applications were made were arrested by the military authorities and detained, some at Fort Bonifacio in Makati, Rizal, others at Camp Aguinaldo and still others at Camp Crame, both in Quezon City; and that the arrest and detention of the petitioners were...