Kidnapped Maguindanao trader freed — military

A rice trader kidnapped in Maguindanao province more than a month ago was released by his captors Monday afternoon, the military said Tuesday.

Kenneth Cabrera, who was kidnapped May 14 in his home in Ampatuan town, was released in front of Mindanao State University at 2:30 p.m. Monday, according to Col. Dickson Hermoso, spokesman for the Army's 6th Infantry Division.

Hermoso said Ampatuan mayor Rasul Sangki received a phone call from an unidentified person telling him to proceed to Dalican village to pick up Cabrera.

The victim was brought to Ampatuan town for a medical checkup and was subsequently handed over to his family.

Hermoso tagged a kidnap-for-ransom group led by one Mayangkang Saguile as possible suspects in the abduction. — Gian Geronimo/KBK, GMA News