Plunder.The Dazas drained the P3 billion foreign-funded Help for Catubig Agricultural Advancement Project for their own benefit. While supposedly meant for the peasants, HCAAP's construction of an irrigation dam, farm-to-market roads and other plans have largely remained unfinished after ten years even as the funding has been used up. Systematic corruption.For one, the Dazas control the provincial projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways, where notoriously high 30% kickbacks are enforced on private contractors.
Lalo pang tumibay ang kanilang determinasyon na isulong ang kanilang pakikibaka matapos na maupo sa tuktok ng reaksyunaryong pampulitikang poder noong 2010 si Benigno Aquino III ng pamilyang Aquino-Cojuangco. Katarungan ang sigaw nila, hindi lamang para sa mga biktima ng masaker, kundi para rin sa libu-libong mga magsasaka at manggagawang bukid na inagawan at pinagkaitan ng karapatan sa lupa nang mahigit kalahating siglo.