URGENT ALERT Case Type: Enforced Disappearance Victim: JAMES M. BALAO Member, CORDILLERA PEOPLES ALLIANCE President, OCLUPAN CLAN ASSOCIATION An indigenous person belonging to the Ibaloi and Kankanaey tribes of Benguet Place of the Incident: somewhere between his residence in Fairview, Baguio City and his family residence in La Trinidad, Benguet Date of the Incident: 17 September, 2008 Alleged Perpetrators: unidentified elements of the Intelligence Security Unit (ISU) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Account of the Incident: On the morning of September 17, 2008 at 7 AM James Balao left his residence in Fairvew, Baguio City, intending to go to his family residence in La Trinidad, Benguet. He informed his family that he was going home that day through a text message at about 6:45 am. He was not able to reach
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