Thursday, December 18, 2025

No Autopsy for Maria Catalina Cabral is Family Decision Says Mayor Magalong

The remains of Maria Catalina Cabral won't be undergoing an autopsy. The family of the deceased made the decision. This is according to Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong who was interviewed by Bombo Radyo Baguio to shed light on Cabral's passing. However, Magalong explained that if it's up to him, Cabral should undergo an autopsy in order to find answers as to what actually happened. 

Cabral, a former undersecretary of the DPWH has been tagged in the anomalous flood control projects under the agency. She's allegedly one of the architects of the system that enabled politicians, government officials, and contractors to siphon billions of pesos from flood control projects. 

Many of the secrets she knew about corruption in her former agency are now in the bottom of the Bued River. Her death is a major setback in finding the whole truth about corruption in the DPWH.