Leticia Ladlad and Rizalina Ilagan: Students of the University of the Philippines-Los Baños. Leticia, a Magna Cum Laude candidate and first woman editor of UPLB’s Aggie Green and Gold, went underground after Marcos suspended the writ of habeas corpus in 1971. She was abducted on November 30, 1975 in Paco, Manila.
Rizalina Ilagan, a consistent honor student, joined the Kabataan Makabayan on her senior year in high school. She was a theater artist who joined the cultural group Panday Sining. She left UP Diliman to become regional coordinator of Kabataan Makabayan-Southern Tagalog’s cultural sector. Rizalina was among the “Southern Tagalog 10” who were abducted separately on July 30, 1977.
Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan: Students of the University of the Philippines Diliman. Karen is a graduating Sociology student and founding member of academic organization UP Praxis, an activist and active member of League of Filipino Students.
Sherlyn Cadapan is college representative of the College of Human Kinetics to the University Student Council. An award winning triathlete and Palarong Pambansa delegate. She is also a community organizer of Anakbayan. Both Karen and Sherlyn became volunteer peasant organizers in Bulacan. They were abducted on June 26, 2006 in Hagonoy, Bulacan.
All four have remained missing since; their families still search for justice.
