Vera Files columnist Antonio Montalvan II wrote on April 13, 2025 that Senator Imee Marcos admitted in a U.S. court that activist Archimedes “Archie” Trajano was tortured and killed. Image credit: www.verafiles.org Mr. Montalvan recounted that Imee’s bodyguards abducted Archimedes on August 31, 1977. This was after Archie questioned the eldest daughter of dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. during a public forum about why she was leading the Kabataang Barangay.Two days later, on September 2, 1977, Archimedes’ mother, Mrs. Agapita Francisco Trajano found the activist’s lifeless body in a morgue—battered and clearly tortured. Mrs. Trajano testified, “He was covered in a white sheet, lying on a table. And when I opened the sheet… I saw him black and blue… I could not talk… nothing… but I think my heart hardened. I said, ‘My God, why him?’” Nine years after the incident, Mrs. Trajano filed a case for false imprisonment, kidnapping, wrongful death, and deprivation of rights against Imee in a federal court in Hawaii.Because Imee failed to appear in court, a default judgment was issued in favor of Mrs. Trajano. The court ordered Imee to pay $4.16 million in damages and attorney’s fees. Mr. Montalvan wrote, “Imeee appealed the verdict in […]
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