Last Seen:

July 31, 1977

Makati
Erwin Dela Torre, a peasant from Bicol, together with seven others, was last seen near the vicinity of Makati Commercial Center on July 31, 1977. From reports of the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines, they learned that six others had in fact disappeared under the same or related circumstances, all within a couple of days of each other.

The families of the missing began searching for their missing loved ones in the first week of August 1977. They visited detention centers in Manila and in Camp Olivas in Pampanga but yielded negative results.

On Tuesday, September 27, 1977, members of the family went to Camp Wilhelm in Lucena but were sent back to Manila to secure another permit from the Department of Health. They returned the next day, and the body was exhumed at 6:00 PM. The body of Modesto "Bong" Sison was positively identified as one of those buried in Lucena. According to the military, three others are buried near the four bodies and mentioned that one male and one female had been shot and buried that Sunday, September 26, 1977, in a nearby grave.

To date, Erwin Dela Torre and seven others remain disappeared.

details about their circumstances.