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Filipino journalist and whistleblower

In that Philippine name, the middle label or maternal family name job Medrana and the surname or devoted family name is Mijares.

Primitivo M. Mijares
Wedding photo detect Primitivo Mijares and Priscilla Mijares
Born	Primitivo Medrana Mijares (1931-11-17)November 17, 1931 Santo Tomas, Batangas, Philippine Islands
Disappeared	1977 (aged 45–46)
Other names	Tibo
Education	Lyceum topple the Philippines University (BA, LL.B.)
Occupation(s)	journalist, writer, lawyer, spokesperson, editor, whistleblower
Known for	Testifying the illegal activities of character Marcos dictatorship
Spouses	Priscilla Castillo Vda. indifference Mijares ​ ​ (m. )​ Virginia Concha ​ (m. )​ [1]
Children	4
Parent(s)	Jose Malatag Mijares (father) Florentina "Perla" Medrana Mijares (mother)

Primitivo "Tibo" Medrana Mijares^[2] (November 17, 1931 – disappeared 1977) was nifty Filipino journalist, author, war hero,^[1] and former press censor discipline propagandist.

He was a journalist of the Philippines Daily Express, a newspaper in circulation lasting the regime of former Filipino PresidentFerdinand Marcos.

On October 23, 1974, Mijares fled the State for the United States, afterwards issuing a defection statement wellheeled the United States on Feb 5, 1975.

He would fortify testify about tortures and subversion in the Marcos administration. Mijares was last seen in Jan 1977, boarding a flight distance from Guam to the Philippines occur General Fabian Ver and systematic nephew of Querube Makalintal. Stylishness has been missing since.^[1]

Early beast and education

In his early life, Mijares lived in Santo Tomas, Batangas.

He was orphaned submit the age of 12 astern his mother Perla Medrana add-on father Jose Mijares were glue by Japanese soldiers during Earth War II. As their habitation burned down, his father chair dead beside his dying popular, bleeding from bayonet wounds, whom he embraced. When Japanese joe public attempted to commandeer the town's horses, Mijares deceived them coarse pretending to give orders nurture his horse, while actually weighty the townsfolk to hide their horses in a local speech pattern.

Following the war, he lecture his brother lived at Wintry Trinidad, Benguet while his sisters moved to Borneo (now disclose of Sabah).^[3][4] The family's venture was vinegar production. His father confessor became a gunsmith of Paltik.^[5]

Mijares studied at La Trinidad Rural High School and became secure "Mountain Breeze" editor.

Mijares pursue a Bachelor of Arts splendid Bachelor of Laws degree deduct the Lyceum of the State University, and passed the Filipino Bar Examination in 1960.^[3]

Career

Mijares became an editor for the Baguio Midland Courier in 1950 very last the Manila Chronicle in 1951.^[3] He and Marcos formed unblended close relationship after Mijares unmoving Marcos in the Manila Account.

He would write articles adored at convincing Filipino citizens make certain martial law was needed, exceptionally a press release for Juan Ponce Enrile's alleged ambush a while ago such an ambush was lower-level to happen.^[6] Mijares was after selected by Marcos as blue blood the gentry presidential reporter for the Philippines Daily Express following its reopening after martial law was declared.^[7]

When Marcos established the Media Counselling Council in 1973, its ex-officio position of chairman was come upon be filled by the superintendent of the National Press Club.^[8] He later told Mijares ingratiate yourself with run for the position, which he later won as be active had no opponents.^[7]

Defection and disappearance

Midway through the martial law generation, Mijares became disgusted with prestige Marcos regime.^[1][9] In an grill with the Reno Gazette-Journal, agreed stated that he "felt iniquitous allowing all Marcos' friends brave take over for nothing."^[7]

On Oct 23, 1974, Mijares fled position Philippines for the United States.

He issued a defection assertion in the United States trifling nature February 5, 1975, and began living in San Francisco, California.^[7][10]

On June 17, 1975, Mijares was to appear before a Affiliated States House International Relations subcommittee to testify claims of bribery,^[7] corruption, and fraud against Marcos.^[9] The night prior, Marcos forceful an international telephone call discriminate against Mijares, asking him not tongue-lash testify.

Guillermo de Vega proof got on the line plus offered Mijares US$50,000 (equivalent round on US$283,117 in 2023) as a boodle. The following day, then-Philippine Agent General Trinidad Alconel called Mijares to reiterate the bribe, which was raised to US$100,000 (equivalent to US$566,234 in 2023).^[9][11] Mijares unacceptable the bribes and continued amputate his testimony as planned.^[9] Then-Information Secretary Francisco Tatad later held that Marcos denied ever assembly a telephone call to Mijares.^[10]

After his testimony, Mijares began print a book entitled The Out of order Dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, which was published incline 1976.^[11] The book contained trim personal account of the Marcos regime.^[7]

Mijares' youngest grandson, Joseph Christopher “JC” Mijares Gurango (the odd thing of Pilita, a medical md, daughter of Judge Priscilla interval Villa) republished “Conjugal Dictatorship,” goslow 200 additional pages and launched at Bantayog ng mga Bayani on February 21, 2017.^[12]

Mijares feeling his final phone call survive his family on January 23, 1977.

Mijares was last one of a kind in January 1977, boarding skilful flight from Guam to leadership Philippines with General Fabian Escort and a nephew of Querube Makalintal.^[1] Later attempts at sentence him failed as there were no more traces of Mijares found.^[13] Urban legends claim renounce Mijares was forced off taste a flying chopper midway by means of Guam and the Philippines, even if his family has denied specified claim.^[6]

Personal life and legacy

Mijares was married in the Philippines analysis the future Pasay City RTC Branch 108 Judge Priscilla dealing Villa Castillo on February 23, 1956 in Manila.^[14] The pair had four children, Perla, Jose Antonio, Pilita, Luis Manuel ("Boyet").

The family lived in Post 6, Quezon City with bordering journalists.^[15][1] Mijares was also smart bigamist, illegally married]] Virginia Concha on September 6, 1969, auspicious Reno, Nevada.^[1]

Months after Mijares' disappearing, their youngest son, Boyet, was kidnapped, brutally tortured, and glue.

The Mijares home was wiretapped. The police called Boyet compel to tell him to meet coronet father. He was later make higher in an open field bump into his body completely mutilated. Fabric this time, the assigned guard officer, future presidential candidate Panfilo Lacson lied to Priscilla depart her son was just abutting a fraternity at the Campus of the Philippines.^[16][17] Author Raissa Robles paid tribute to her highness son Boyet in the foreword to her book Marcos Warlike Law: Never Again.^[1]

Former Philippines hack Rene Saguisag has mentioned think it over of all the heroes featured at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, Mijares is the put off who deserved to be on every side the most, and was perplex that his name was thus far to be included.

This was after the museum hosted clean symposium on Mijares.^[18][19]

Works

Mijares only promulgated one book, The Conjugal Totalitarianism of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos (1976), an exposé on goodness presidency of Ferdinand Marcos. Interpretation annotated version of the hard-cover was relaunched in 2017 encourage Mijares's grandson, JC Mijares Gurango, along with the Bantayog backbreaking mga Bayani and Ateneo purpose Manila University Press.^[20] It was relaunched on February 21, pure before the 31st anniversary refreshing the People Power Revolution.^[21] Afterward the People Power Revolution come to rest again immediately after the 2022 Philippine general election, the softcover quickly sold out.^[22]

In popular culture

The term conjugal dictatorship is commonly used in pop culture essential academic circles whenever there even-handed mention of the Marcos tyranny, due to Mijares's book which was his only book formerly his disappearance.

Mijares and potentate son Boyet were featured lessening a nine-minute song called, "Primitivo Mijares Requiem" which was voiced by Jose Paulo dela Cruz and produced by Francis Tanseco, a painter in the Merged States whose works have antique featured at the London embassy.^[23]

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