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| location      = '''Kidnapping:''' Near [[Makati]]–[[Manila]] boundary, [[Metro Manila]], Philippines<br>'''Murders:''' [[Indang]], [[Cavite]], Philippines
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| date          = {{start date and age|2000|11|24}}
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| type          = Kidnapping, murder
| fatalities    = Salvador "Bubby" Dacer<br />Emmanuel Corbito
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The '''Dacer–Corbito double murder case''' is [[List of unsolved murders (2000–present)|one of the unsolved murders]] that occurred in the [[Philippines]]<ref>{{Cite web| author=ABS-CBN News, Newsbreak |date=2009-03-19 |title=Timeline: The Dacer-Corbito Murders and the BW Scam |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/03/19/09/timeline-dacer-corbito-murders-and-bw-scam |access-date=2021-03-31 |website=ABS-CBN News |language=en}}</ref> during [[Presidency of Joseph Estrada|the administration]] of [[Joseph Estrada]].<ref>[http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/video/47821/unanghirit/interview-with-sen-lacson-on-dacer-corbito-double-murder-case (GMA Network)]</ref><ref name="x1" />

In 2000, Salvador "Bubby" Dacer and his driver, Emmanuel Corbito, were abducted in [[Metro Manila]], later killed, and their vehicle dumped.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Experts confirm Dacer, driver's death |url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/experts-confirm-dacer-drivers-death-1.412911 |access-date=2021-04-01 |website=Gulf News |date=12 April 2001 |language=en}}</ref><ref>Two-part report by Newsbreak, [[ABS-CBN News]]:<br>''Part 1:'' {{Cite web |last=Rufo |first=Aries |date=2009-03-19 |title=Dacer murder case: Who has the motive? |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/03/19/09/dacer-murder-case-who-has-motive |access-date=2021-03-31 |website=ABS-CBN News |language=en}}<br>''Part 2:'' {{Cite web |last=Rufo |first=Aries |date=2009-03-20 |title=Gov't needs Mancao to bolster case in Dacer murder |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/03/20/09/govt-needs-mancao-bolster-case-dacer-murder |access-date=2023-01-29 |website= ABS-CBN News |language=en}}</ref><ref name="x1">{{Cite web |last=Quismundo |first=Tarra |date=2015-02-08 |title=Mancao to finally tell truth on Dacer, Corbito murders |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/671258/mancao-to-finally-tell-truth-on-dacer-corbito-murders |access-date=2021-04-01 |website=Inquirer.net |language=en}}</ref> Since 2001, a number of arrests were made.

==Background==
The ultimate reasons for Dacer's murder remain a subject of debate. Former President [[Fidel V. Ramos]] has publicly accused his successor, President Joseph Estrada, of giving the original order &mdash; Estrada was mired in a [[Political corruption|corruption]] scandal at the time, and according to some reports, Estrada believed Dacer was helping Ramos destabilize his rule.

==Victims==
[[File:Burials notable at Himlayang Pilipino Memorial Park CNE 05.jpg|thumb|Grave of Dacer (2nd from right) and Corbito (right) at the Himlayang Pilipino Memorial Park, [[Quezon City]]]]
'''Salvador "Bubby" Dacer''' (April 12, 1934 – November 24, 2000)<ref name="phno412" /> was a [[publicist]] from [[Albay]]. His clients included many of the top figures in the country's politics, notably [[President of the Philippines|Presidents]] [[Fidel V. Ramos]] and [[Joseph Estrada]] (incumbent at the time of the crime), as well as in the police.<ref name="ante14R">{{cite news |date=January 26, 2014 |title=Letters from Bubby Dacer |url=https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/48740-letters-from-bubby-dacer/ |work=[[Rappler]] |access-date=January 30, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Villarama |first=Joey |date=July 11, 2008 |title=Dacer daughters link Lacson to dad's abduction, death |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/07/11/08/dacer-daughters-links-lacson-dads-abduction-death |work=[[ABS-CBN News]] |access-date=January 30, 2023}}</ref> He is the uncle of broadcast journalist Kaye Dacer.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pambid |first=Ceasar |date=December 26, 2011 |title=Kaye Dacer ayaw sa kaplastikan |url=https://punto.com.ph/kaye-dacer-ayaw-sa-kaplastikan/ |language=tl |work=Punto! Central Luzon |access-date=January 30, 2023 |quote=Kahit first time namin nakausap at nakaharap si Kaye Dacer, ang pamangkin ng nasawing si Bubby [Dacer], sa radio program niya sa DZMM with her radio partner Julius Babao, ito talgang naging feeling namin.}}</ref>

'''Emmanuel Corbito''' (May 9, 1952 – November 24, 2000), meanwhile, was Dacer's driver.<ref name="WRrap" />

Prior to their deaths, Dacer was summoned in [[Malacañang]] by Estrada as he was accused of being behind [[Impeachment of Joseph Estrada|the impeachment of the latter]].<ref name="WRrap" />

==Events==
===Kidnapping and murder===
On November 24, 2000, Dacer and Corbito, while on their way to the former's office at the [[Manila Hotel]], were abducted at the intersection of [[Osmeña Highway|South Superhighway]] and Zobel Roxas Street at the city boundary of [[Makati]] and [[Manila]].<ref name="phno412" /><ref name="c11">{{cite PH act |chamber=GR |number=116057 |date=2011-02-03 |title=Panfilo M. Lacson v. Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 18, People of the Philippines, C.L. Dacer, S. Dacer-Reyes, E. Dacer-Hungerford, and A. Dacer-Henson |url=https://media1-prd-eu1.onlinefiles.info/4f68c284/816b112c/018b6a49/54072f48/media/document/1411/ca-decision-dacer-fromcawebsite_122ce4c6.pdf |access-date=2023-02-04}}<br>{{cite PH act |chamber=GR |number=196209 |date=2011-06-08 |title=C.L. Dacer, S. Dacer-Reyes, E. Dacer-Hungerford, and A. Dacer-Henson v. Panfilo M. Lacson |url=https://www.clubjuris.com/resolutions/2011juneresolutions.php?id=205 |access-date=2023-01-26}}</ref> Later in the night, they were reportedly killed by strangulation and their bodies were burned. Three days later, Dacer's car was found abandoned in [[Maragondon, Cavite]].<ref name="ante14R" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Laude |first=Jaime |date=November 29, 2000 |title=Dacer's vehicle found in Cavite |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2000/11/29/88950/dacer146s-vehicle-found-cavite/ |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |access-date=January 31, 2023}}</ref> Their charred remains, found in 2001 in [[Indang]], [[Cavite|in the same province]], were positively identified.<ref name="phno412">{{cite news |last=Vanzi |first=Sol |date=April 12, 2001 |title=Dacer death confirmed |url=http://www.newsflash.org/2001/04/hl/hl013402.htm |work=Philippine Headline News Online |access-date=January 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050217172910/http://www.newsflash.org/2001/04/hl/hl013402.htm |archive-date=2005-02-17 |url-status=}}</ref>{{efn|Citations generally concerning the '''kidnapping and murder''':<ref name="WRrap" /><ref name="ASinq">{{cite news |author=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date=February 8, 2015 |title=What Went Before: Suspects in Dacer, Corbito murders |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/671268/what-went-before-suspects-in-dacer-corbito-murders/ |work=[[Inquirer.net]] |access-date=January 25, 2023}}</ref><ref name="doj0102">{{cite web |url=https://www.doj.gov.ph/files/2001-2002Annual.pdf |title=DoJ Accomplishment Report (January 2001–June 2002) |date=2002 |website=[[Government of the Philippines]] |publisher=[[Department of Justice (Philippines)|Department of Justice]] |access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref><ref name="08CU">{{cite news |website=[[GMA News Online]] |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/137401/publicaffairs/dacer-corbito-murder-case |title=Dacer–Corbito murder case |access-date=January 26, 2023 |date=December 4, 2008}}</ref><ref name="CM09">{{cite news |last=Dedace |first=Sophia |date=March 16, 2009 |title=Mancao: Michael Ray ordered Dacer 'neutralized' |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/152920/mancao-michael-ray-ordered-dacer-neutralized/story/ |work=[[GMA News]] |access-date=January 26, 2023}}<br>{{cite web |url=https://verafiles.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/mancao-affidavit.pdf |title=Affidavit of Cezar Mancao II |date=March 1, 2007 |website=[[Vera Files]] |access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref><ref name="vina">{{cite news |last=Mendez |first=Christina |date=January 8, 2003 |title=Dacer slay: Ex-PAOCTF cop suspect killed, another nabbed |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2003/01/08/190728/dacer-slay-ex-paoctf-cop-suspect-killed-another-nabbed/ |work=[[Philstar.com]] |publisher=[[The Philippine Star]] |access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref>}}

===Testimonies===
Members of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF) were the suspects as claimed by Jimmy Lopez, a PAOCTF civilian agent and former barangay captain, and Alex Diloy, in a press conference on March 29, 2001.<ref name="PXpdi" /> A day prior, the two, both farmers in Indang, had been captured in a raid by [[National Bureau of Investigation (Philippines)|National Bureau of Investigation]] agents, whom later led by them to a creek where they found the remains.<ref name="PXpdi" /><ref name="psD0401" />

The PAOCTF at the time of the crime was directly under then [[Philippine National Police]] chief and then [[2001 Philippine Senate election|candidate]] (later elected [[Senate of the Philippines|senator]]) [[Panfilo Lacson]], who denied his involvement in any illegal abduction.<ref name="PXpdi">{{cite news |last1=Yamsuan |first1=Cathy |last2=Lim Ubac |first2=Michael |date=March 30, 2001 |title=2 farmers say Dacer was strangled, burned |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=83UE6yvegO4C&dat=20010330&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |access-date=January 29, 2023 |pages=A1, A20 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> 

The two admitted their participation in the crime and identified twelve other co-conspirators<ref name="psD0401">{{cite news |last1=Mendez |first1=Christina |last2=Aravilla |first2=Jose |date=April 2, 2001 |title=Dacer killer got P1,500 |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2001/04/02/90269/dacer-killer-got-p1500/ |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |access-date=January 28, 2023}}</ref> including four PAOCTF members, particularly, SPO4 Marino Soberano (according to the NBI, was present in the raid near Dacer's house and the crime) and SPO3 Mauro Torres.<ref name="PXpdi" />

Lopez recounted that a group led by Soberano arrived, with the victims, at his home on the afternoon after the abduction. He brought them to the garage of his brother, William. At evening, the group left as he stayed behind.<ref name="PXpdi" /><ref name="psD0401" />

Diloy, narrating the disposal of the corpses in the nearby creek, admitted preparing a pyre. He witnessed William, Torres, and Digo de Pedro, identified as an incumbent councilor in Indang, strangle the victims to death; their bodies were set afire, burning for about half an hour. Thereafter, he left the group as he walked toward [[Kawit|Binakayan]].<ref name="PXpdi" /><ref name="psD0401" /> He revealed receiving cash twice after the killings.<ref name="psD0401" />

P/Sr. Supt. Teofilo Viña, PAOCTF–Visayas chief and Lacson's former aide, was first alleged by the NBI as the mastermind; also pointed by the two farmers as the team leader of the involved PAOCTF agents who might gave final order for the execution of the victims.<ref name="psD0401" /><ref name="PXpdi" /> An airline passenger manifest had reportedly showed that Viña left [[Cebu]] for [[Manila]], staying from a day prior to the abduction until the following night.<ref name="PXpdi" /> On the other hand, P/Supt. Glenn Dumlao, deputy chief for operations of PAOCTF–Luzon, was also alleged as the one who ordered the execution.<ref name="GDinq" /> Meanwhile, Soberano and Torres later testified that the abduction was ordered by P/C. Insp. Vicente Arnado; this was supported by SPO1 Ruperto Nemeno of PAOCTF–Luzon, who confessed to his role in the abduction.<ref name="psN0501">{{cite news |last1=Mendez |first1=Christina |last2=Laude |first2=Jaime |date=May 30, 2001 |title=Another cop in Dacer slay case yields |url=https://www.philstar.com/metro/2001/05/30/106156/another-cop-dacer-slay-case-yields/ |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |access-date=January 28, 2023}}</ref>

===Later developments on the case===
A testimony of a former ranking official of the PAOCTF led to the capture of seven agents allegedly linked to the case.<ref name="doj0102" />

In late March of 2001, the NBI charged at least twelve men of double murder, including Lopez brothers, Diloy, de Pedro, and four police officers, before the [[Department of Justice (Philippines)|Department of Justice]].<ref name="phno412" /><ref name="psD0401" /> The twelve, already either in detention or in police custody, were among the 22 PAOCTF officers and civilian agents, which also included Arnado and Dumlao, in the charges filed by the DOJ before the [[Manila]] [[Regional Trial Court]] in May.<ref name="ASinq" /><ref name="doj0102" /><ref name="c05" /> Nemeno surrendered to the PNP a day before the trial court, on May 28, issued arrest warrants against the twenty-two;<ref name="psN0501" /> while Dumlao was arrested a week later.<ref name="ASinq" /><ref name="c05" />

In August, the trial court ordered the release of one of them, mistakenly identified as a suspect, from detention.<ref name="c05" /> In November, the case was transferred to Manila RTC Branch 18 from Branch 41 after the inhibition of the latter's judge.<ref name="doj0102" /><ref name="c05" />

In a petition granted by the [[Court of Appeals of the Philippines|Court of Appeals]] in April 2002, P/Supt. [[Michael Ray Aquino]], chief of operations of PAOCTF, P/Supt. [[Cezar Mancao|Cezar Mancao II]], and P/Sr. Supt. Teofilo Viña, chief of PAOCTF–Visayas, as well as another police officer, were charged as additional accused;<ref name="ASinq" /><ref name="doj0102" /><ref name="c05" /> Lopez brothers and Diloy were discharged, excluding Dumlao, to become state witnesses.<ref name="c05">{{cite PH act |chamber=GR |number=154629 |date=October 5, 2005 |title=SPO4 M. Soberano, SPO3 M. Torres and SPO3 J. Escalante v. the People of the Philippines |url=https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2005/oct2005/gr_154629_2005.htm |access-date=January 27, 2023}}</ref> Three former police generals were also included through a petition granted by the CA.<ref name="doj0102" />

Aquino, Dumlao, and Mancao were aides of then PAOCTF head Lacson.<ref name="ASinq" /><ref name="doj0102" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Sadongdong |first=Martin |date=January 26, 2023 |title=After 22 years, ex-cop tagged in Dacer-Corbito double murder case finally caught |url=https://mb.com.ph/2023/01/26/after-22-years-ex-cop-tagged-in-dacer-corbito-double-murder-case-finally-caught/ |work=[[Manila Bulletin]] |access-date=January 27, 2023}}</ref>

In 2006, the Manila RTC, finding probable cause to prosecute Mancao, Aquino and 18 others for the murders, ordered the arrest of the two.<ref name="ASinq" />

The three had fled to the [[United States]] but were later extradited upon request by the [[Philippine government]].<ref name="doj0102" /> Mancao and Dumlao (for his second time) were arrested there in 2008.<ref name="ASinq" /> Meanwhile, Aquino, arrested in 2005 due to an unrelated espionage case, was extradited in 2011.<ref name="A14us" /><ref>{{cite news |date=June 28, 2011 |title='No special treatment for Dacer-Corbito murder suspect' |url=https://ph.news.yahoo.com/no-special-treatment-dacer-corbito-murder-suspect-010114271.html |work=[[SunStar]] |via=[[Yahoo! News]] |access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref>

Mancao later agreed to turn state witness, but in 2011, the CA declared him unfit to serve as such, citing mistakes in his affidavits. He was subsequently removed from the Witness Protection Program.<ref name="ASinq" /> He escaped from the custody of the NBI in 2013; he surrendered to the police in 2017.<ref name="ASinq" /><ref>{{cite news |date=May 7, 2013 |title=Fugitive murder suspect booted out of Witness Protection |url=https://coconuts.co/manila/news/fugitive-murder-suspect-booted-out-witness-protection/ |work=[[Coconuts Media|Coconuts Manila]] |access-date=January 26, 2023}}<br>{{cite news |last=Tuyay |first=Francisco |date=February 1, 2017 |title=Dacer murder suspect yields |url=https://manilastandard.net/news/top-stories/228185/dacer-murder-suspect-yields.html |work=[[Manila Standard]] |access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref> He was acquitted later that year.<ref name="vM17" />

Estrada and Lacson had been cleared of their involvement.<ref name="c11" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Amargo |first=Grace |date=June 26, 2001 |title=Erap inabsuwelto sa Dacer |url=https://www.philstar.com/bansa/2001/06/26/126858/erap-inabsuwelto-sa-dacer |work=[[Philstar.com]] |publisher=[[The Philippine Star]] |access-date=January 27, 2023 |language=tl}}<br>{{cite news |last=Mendoza |first=Shielo |date=December 1, 2011 |title=SC clears Lacson of murder case |url=https://ph.news.yahoo.com/sc-clears-lacson-of-murder-case-20111201.html |work=[[Yahoo! News]] |access-date=January 27, 2023}}</ref> Dumlao turned state witness in 2009 and was dropped from the list of the accused;<ref name="GDinq">{{cite news |date=January 11, 2013 |title=In The Know: Ex-Senior Supt. Glenn Dumlao |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/338701/in-the-know-ex-senior-supt-glenn-dumlao |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |access-date=January 31, 2023}}</ref> the case against Aquino was dismissed by the Manila RTC in 2012.<ref name="A14us" /><ref name="ASinq" />

In January 2023, two of the suspects were arrested through warrants issued in 2001 by Manila RTC Branch 41: former SPO1 William Reed III in [[Pulilan, Bulacan]]<ref>{{cite news |date=January 25, 2023 |title=Suspect in Dacer-Corbito murder case arrested after 22 years in hiding |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/25/23/suspect-in-dacer-corbito-case-arrested-after-22-years |work=[[ABS-CBN News]] |access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Mangaluz |first=Jean |date=January 26, 2023 |title=Suspect in Dacer-Corbito slay nabbed after 22 years in hiding |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1721252/suspect-in-dacer-corbito-double-murder-apprehended-after-22-years-of-hiding/ |work=[[Inquirer.net]] |publisher=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref> and, nine days later, former SPO1 Rolando Lacasandile in [[Quezon City]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Dalizon |first=Alfred |date=February 2, 2023 |title=2nd ex-cop linked to Dacer, Corbito murders nabbed |url=https://journalnews.com.ph/2nd-ex-cop-linked-to-dacer-corbito-murders-nabbed/ |work=Journal News |publisher=[[People's Journal|Journal Online]] |access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref>

===Conviction===
In September 2017, Manila RTC Branch 18, while acquitting Mancao and Soberano for lack of evidence, convicted former SPO3 Mauro Torres, sentencing him to [[life imprisonment]] without eligibility of a [[parole]]. Torres had admitted being the one who strangled the victims.<ref name="vM17">{{cite AV media |date=September 22, 2017 |title=Ret. PSSupt. Mancao, absuwelto sa Dacer-Corbito double murder case |trans-title=Ret. PSSupt. Mancao acquitted in Dacer-Corbito double murder case |type=news report |language=tl |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cbFS-C2pxy4 |access-date=January 27, 2023 |publisher=[[People's Television Network|PTV–4]] |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>

===United States court ruling===
In January 2014, a [[United States district court|district court]] in [[North Carolina]], [[United States]] ordered former P/Supt. Aquino to pay Dacer's daughters [[United States dollar|$]]4.2 million in damages. The daughters used the [[Torture Victim Protection Act]], allowing US courts to hear human rights abuse cases committed outside the said country.<ref name="A14us">{{cite news |last=Bernal |first=Buena |date=January 22, 2014 |title=Lacson's ex-aide ordered to pay Dacer daughters |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/48635-dacer-damages-us-ruling/ |work=[[Rappler]] |access-date=January 31, 2023}}</ref>

==Aftermath==
The '''Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force''', a special police unit, was created by President Estrada through ''Executive Order No. 8'' in the beginning of his term, taking over from the defunct Presidential Anti-Crime Commission which Estrada had headed while being the [[Vice President of the Philippines|Vice President]].<ref>{{cite news |date=July 22, 1998 |title=Executive Order No. 8, s. 1998 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1998/07/22/executive-order-no-8-s-1998/ |work=[[Official Gazette (Philippines)|Official Gazette]] |publisher=[[Government of the Philippines]] |access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref> Due to the implication of its members in the case, as well as in other crimes, his successor [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] ordered to abolish the task force in 2001.<ref name="WRrap" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Vanzi |first=Sol |date=April 16, 2001 |title=GMA disbands Lacson's anti-crime elite force |url=http://www.newsflash.org/2001/04/pe/pe001719.htm |work=Philippine Headline News Online |access-date=January 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050218194504/http://www.newsflash.org/2001/04/pe/pe001719.htm |archive-date=2005-02-18 |url-status=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Mendez |first=Christina |date=April 16, 2001 |title=GMA disbands PAOCTF: Dacer case dooms task force |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2001/04/16/90356/gma-disbands-paoctf-dacer-case-dooms-task-force/ |work=[[Philstar.com]] |publisher=[[The Philippine Star]] |access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=April 17, 2001 |title=Arroyo abolishes controversial anticrime task force |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Arroyo+abolishes+controversial+anticrime+task+force.-a073597699 |work=[[Kyodo News]] |via=[[The Free Library]] |access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref> Since then, no actions had been taken against its members.<ref>{{cite news |last=Conde |first=Carlos |date=February 18, 2016 |title=Dispatches: Probe Allegations of Philippine Police Abuses |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/02/19/dispatches-probe-allegations-philippine-police-abuses |work=[[Human Rights Watch]] |access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref>

By 2009, at least three of the respondents in the case are already dead.<ref>{{cite news |last=Macairan |first=Evelyn |date=January 10, 2006 |title=10 suspects in Dacer-Corbito slay plead 'not guilty' |url=https://www.philstar.com/metro/2006/01/10/315869/10-suspects-dacer-corbito-slay-plead-145not-guilty146/ |work=[[Philstar.com]] |publisher=[[The Philippine Star]] |access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref> Viña was shot to death in [[Tanza, Cavite]] in 2003.<ref name="CM09" /><ref name="vina" /> Jimmy Lopez met the same fate in [[Trece Martires]] City in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 6, 2009 |title=Witness in Dacer-Corbito slays gunned down in Cavite |url=http://www.philippinestoday.net/archives/1958 |work=Philippines Today |access-date=January 28, 2023}}</ref>

Mancao was appointed as chief of the [[Department of Information and Communications Technology]]–Cybercrime Investigation and Coordination Center in 2020.<ref name="WRrap">{{cite news |last=Bolledo |first=Jairo |date=January 26, 2023 |title=LOOK BACK: The Dacer-Corbito murder case |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/look-back-dacer-corbito-murder-case/ |work=[[Rappler]] |access-date=January 27, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Novenario |first=Rose |date=September 11, 2020 |title=Kuratong Baleleng Gang rubout at Dacer-Corbito double murder case suspect, itinalagang DICT exec |url=https://hatawtabloid.com/2020/09/11/kuratong-baleleng-gang-rubout-at-dacer-corbito-double-murder-case-suspect-itinalagang-dict-exec/ |work=Hataw! |access-date=January 26, 2023 |language=tl}}</ref>

Dumlao was reinstated to the PNP in 2012 and became the police's anti-kidnapping chief four years later.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 16, 2013 |title=No administrative cases vs Dumlao |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/19831-no-administrative-cases-vs-dumlao/ |work=[[Rappler]] |access-date=January 31, 2023}}<br>{{cite news |last=de Jesus |first=Julianne |date=December 15, 2016 |title=Ex-accused in Dacer-Corbito case is new PNP anti-kidnapping chief |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/854034/ex-accused-in-dacer-corbito-case-is-new-pnp-anti-kidnapping-chief/ |work=[[Inquirer.net]] |publisher=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |access-date=January 31, 2023}}</ref>

Aquino, by 2022, is working with businessman Ricky Razon.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 11, 2022 |title=Ricky Razon taps Solaire VP Michael Ray Aquino as new Apex Mining director |url=https://bilyonaryo.com/2022/03/11/ricky-razon-taps-solaire-vp-g-as-new-apex-mining-director/property/ |work=Bilyonaryo |access-date=January 31, 2023}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The case was featured on the tenth episode of television program ''[[Case Unclosed]]'', aired on [[GMA Network]] in 2008.<ref name="08CU" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmfr-phil.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/PJRR_january-feb2009_issue.pdf |title=PJR Reports: Monitor |date=January–February 2009 |publisher=[[Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility]] |access-date=February 4, 2023 |pages=4–5}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of kidnappings]]
*[[List of unsolved murders (2000–present)|List of solved missing person cases]]
*[[List of unsolved murders (2000–present)|List of unsolved murders]]

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311061211/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=45525 Dacer daughter to govt: Unmask Aquino bosses - ABS-CBN]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041118042623/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2003/07/12/news/doj.dacer.corbito.case.still.strong.html DOJ: Dacer-Corbito case still strong - Manila Sun-Star]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061014213546/http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/2000/1215/nat.philippines.html Gone Missing - AsiaWeek]
* ''[[Unang Hirit]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAgtwyujb08 UB: Ano na nga ba ang kinahinatnan ng Dacer-Corbito muder case?]'' (video)

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