HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THIS HAPPENED TO YOUR BROTHER?

FROM LENNY ROBREDO'S FACEBOOK PAGE Boyet Mijares was the son of Primitivo Mijares, the president of the National Press Club during Marcos’ regime. Primitivo was a close confidant of Marcos, and served as the chief propagandist of the government. Boyet’s father was sent to the United States in 1974, and his disenchantment with the regime began there: Primitivo testified before the US Congress on the human rights violations occurringunder Marcos’ rule, and he later wrote “The Conjugal Dictatorship,” a tell-all which exposed the lavish lifestyle the Marcoses lived. This sealed Primitivo’s fate. Little did he know that it would also seal that of his son’s. Boyet was 16 when he received a call form his father, who was lured back to the Philippines from the safety of the United States by Marcos’ men. One day, Boyet asked his mother if he could watch a movie with his friends in Ali Mall, and his mother strictly told him to wait for the car to bring him there. Instead, he asked their maid for 20 Pesos, and said to her, “I’m going to see my daddy today. So I will not wait for mommy. I will just use a bus in going to the place.” The next time they saw Boyet, he was dead. Boyet’s body was riddled with stab wounds, his skull bashed in. His genitals were mangled, and his eyes were protruding. Boyet’s mother, then judge of Manila, was able to obtain information that Primitivo was made to watch while men tortured his son. Primitivo has never been found.