July 16, 1997 (26 years ago) (1997-07-16) Approx. 10 o'clock in the evening[1]
Attack type
Kidnapping, rape, murder
Victims
Jacqueline and Marijoy Chiong
Perpetrator
Francisco Juan "Paco" Larrañaga
Assailants
6 others
People of the Philippines v. Francisco Juan Larrañaga et al
Court
Supreme Court of the Philippines
Full case name
People of the Philippines versus Francisco Juan Larrañaga alias "Paco"; Josman Aznar; Rowen Adlawan alias "Wesley"; Alberto Cao alias "Allan Pahak"; Ariel Balanasag; Davidson Ariel Rusia alias "Tisoy Tagalog"; James Anthony Uy alias "Wangwang" and James Andrew Uy alias "MM"
Decided
February 3, 2004 (2004-02-03)
Citation(s)
466 Phil. 324 (G R. Nos. 138874-75)
Case history
Prior action(s)
Respondents found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of simple kidnapping and serious illegal detention and are sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusión perpetua (Criminal Case No. CBU-45303 and 45304)
Appealed from
Regional Trial Court Branch 7, Cebu City
Appealed to
Court of Appeals of the Philippines
Subsequent action(s)
Lobbied by Fair Trials International to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, European Union, Amnesty International and Spanish Government. Respondent Larrañaga was transferred to Spain to observe his prison term, by virtue of Treaty on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons
Related action(s)
Abolition of Capital punishment in the Philippines
Ruling
Respondents are guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the special complex crime of kidnapping and serious illegal detention with homicide and rape and are sentenced to suffer the penalty of death by lethal injection. Motion for reconsideration denied by the Supreme Court en banc
The Chiong murder case (People of the Philippines v. Francisco Juan Larrañaga et al.) was a trial regarding an incident on July 16, 1997, in Cebu City, in which sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong were kidnapped, raped, and murdered.[2][3]
Francisco Juan "Paco" Larrañaga (b. 1977), a man of dual Filipino and Spanish citizenship was, along with six others, convicted of murder, and sentenced to death by lethal injection on February 3, 2004. Larrañaga was later commuted to life imprisonment, following the abolition of capital punishment in the Philippines in June 2006, and was transferred to Spain to serve out his sentence in October 2009.[4]
The Chiong sisters remain missing to this day.[5]
^"PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. FRANCISCO JUAN LARRAÑAGA ALIAS "PACO"; JOSMAN AZNAR; ROWEN ADLAWAN ALIAS "WESLEY", ALBERTO CAÑO ALIAS "ALLAN PAHAK"; ARIEL BALANSAG; DAVIDSON VALIENTE RUSIA ALIAS "TISOY TAGALOG"; JAMES ANTHONY UY ALIAS "WANGWANG"; AND JAMES ANDREW UY ALIAS "MM", APPELLANTS". Supreme Court E-Library. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021.
^"Filipinas conmuta la pena capital de Larrañaga por cadena perpetua" [Philippines commutes Larrañaga's death sentence to life imprisonment]. El País (in Spanish). April 16, 2006. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^"Larrañaga será trasladado a la cárcel de Soto del Real cuando aterrice en España" [Larrañaga will be transferred to the Soto del Real prison when he lands in Spain]. El País (in Spanish). October 5, 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^Quejada, Butch; Garcia, Gemma; Bermudo, Ludy (October 7, 2009). "Larranaga ibiniyahe na sa Spain" [Larranaga has been moved to Spain]. The Philippine Star (in Filipino). Retrieved March 28, 2023.
^"The enduring agony of the Chiong case". The Manila Times. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
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