1) THREAD: The Death of Reynaldo de Guzman and How a Mother Lost Her Four Teenage Sons to the Davao Death Squad
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2) Today, the body of Reynaldo de Guzman, companion of slain teen Carl Arnaiz was found by his parents in a morgue in Gapan, Nueva Ecija.
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3) He was found floating naked on a creek. He had 30 stab wounds, head wrapped with packaging tape & a black rag.
He was just 14 years old.
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4) Last month, Duterte proclaimed that in his so-called *war on drugs*, he is using Davao City as template.
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5) Before Filipinos knew of the grief of the families of Kian delos Santos, Carl Arnaiz, & Reynaldo, one mother went through it four times:
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6) She is Clarita Alia, a mother of five and a market vendor in Davao City's Bankerohan Market.
She is familiar with the *Davao Template*.
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7) Aling Clarita has a daughter, Vanessa (17), and had four teenage sons; Richard (15), Christopher (16), Bobby (14), and Fernando (15).
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8) In 2001, then Mayor Duterte threatened "gang members" on a TV show. Then, police told Aling Clarita "We will take your sons one by one".
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9) That same year, Richard was stabbed dead. Months later, Christopher was similarly killed. In 2002, Bobby was knifed dead by assassins.
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10) Desperately, Aling Clarita told her remaining son Fernando to hide. In 2006 assailants saw and stabbed him with an ice pick in his back.
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12) In 2007, the assassins came back and finished the job. This time, Fernando was killed.
Aling Clarita has lost all her sons.
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13) Aling Clarita says she misses how Richard brings her flowers, how Christopher kisses her. All she has left are memories of her sons.
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14) The cases of her sons remain unsolved. Police accused her sons of being "pushers" and attributed their deaths to "gang warfare".
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15) Aling Clarita wrote a journal after the murder of her sons. She wants the world to know of her sons, in case assassins come for her too.
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16) In 2016, severely aged and life-worn, Lola Clarita tried to warn us of Candidate Duterte. Her neighbors scorned her, threats were made.
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17) Sadly, millions did not listen to Lola Clarita. As such, thousands more of Filipino families will go through what she suffered.
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18) So as we convulse in national grief over Kian, Carl, and Reynaldo, let us not forget that before them, there were Lola Clarita's sons.
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19) So one may ask, what is the *Davao Template* that the Dear Leader spoke of? It is this:
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