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Tulisan gang members and were made to appear as a dispute over dispatch. Family and friends formed the
Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes (CJDV), and the murders became a central focus of many KDP leaders in the following years. After a years-long investigation and lawsuit, the CJDV proved that the murders were linked to the Marcos and paid for by his administration.
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