FIVE years after 44 members of the elite Special Action Force (SAF) were killed in a battle with Muslim extremists in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, their families continue to wait for justice to be served.

IN HONOR OF SAF 44 Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar (third from left); Maj. Gen. Amando Clifton Empiso, director of the Special Action Force or SAF (center); Brig. Gen. Herminio Tadeo of the National Capital Region Police Office (second from left); and representatives from the families of the ‘SAF 44’ lay a wreath at the monument of the slain troops at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City on Saturday to commemorate the fifth year of the tragedy at Mamasapano in
Maguindanao. PHOTO BY ENRIQUE AGCAOILI

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