2 military personnel convicted of murder of Bayan Muna activist in 2010

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MANILA, Philippines — It took 12 years for activists to score a legal victory in the 2010 killing of a Bayan Muna coordinator and activist in Negros Occidental — but one rights lawyer who worked to see the accused military personnel jailed was no longer able to witness this win.

Bacolod City Regional Trial Court Branch 42 Acting Presiding Justice Ana Celeste Bernad found Roger Bajon and Ronnie Caurino guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the murder of Benjamin Bayles.

The two military personnel are sentenced to suffer reclusion perpetua or 40 years of imprisonment and pay the heirs of Bayles of P100,000 as civil indemnity, P100,000 for moral damages and P100,000 as exemplary damages.

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