The Ampatuan family is implicated in a 2009 political massacre . In the Philippines, there are many examples of this kind of thing. `` Senior police and military officers who failed to act upon knowledge of Ampatuan crimes have not been investigated ; investigations into the source of the family 's weapons have lacked transparency and independence ; and the national institutions responsible for accountability -- the Justice Department , the Ombudsman 's Office , and the Commission on Human Rights -- have done nothing significant to address the situation . '' Dozens of people were ambushed , their bodies buried in a mass grave .
The Ampatuan family is implicated in a 2009 political massacre . In the Philippines, there are many examples of this kind of thing. Dozens of people were ambushed , their bodies buried in a mass grave .