A three-month-old video posted on Facebook, which continues to be shared and viewed this March, about the “clearing of the cases against the Marcoses in the United States” needs context.
The eight-minute clip that tackled only one case had a male narrator, who read and translated to Filipino the July 3, 1990 report of The New York Times titled, “The Marcos Verdict; Marcos Is Cleared of All Charges In Racketeering and Fraud Case.” The page Viral Philippines posted this on Jan. 9.
On July 2, 1990, a federal court in New York acquitted former First Lady Imelda Marcos of racketeering and fraud charges. Marcos and her husband, Ferdinand Sr., were named respondents to the case after the couple fled the Philippines in 1986 with their family.
In a Los Angeles Times report, one juror said the jury would have convicted the late dictator if he was present in the trial. Marcos Sr. passed away some nine months earlier.
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