Kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf

In June 2008, Ces Drilon and her two cameramen, Jimmy Encarnacion and Angelo Valderrama, were kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf on the island of Jolo.  The man behind it was Abu Sayyaf’s most senior leader, Radullan Sahiron.  On Friday, October 12, the 10th anniversary of the Bali bombings, Rappler’s CEO Maria Ressa launches her latest book, “10 Days, 10 Years: FROM BIN LADEN TO FACEBOOK.”  She takes us behind the scenes of the 10 days of negotiations and uses social network analysis to look at how terrorism spread from Afghanistan to the Philippines in the past 10 years.  Introducing some of Drilon’s kidnappers as well as one of the founders of the Abu Sayyaf, Ressa looks at their social networks and unravels the ties that bind.


Read an excerpt and find details of the Friday launch here—all on Rappler.