Manila, Philippines(CNN)The men who planned a massacre which rocked the Philippines' political

establishment more than a decade ago have been found guilty of murder.

On November 23, 2009, 58 people were killed in the town of Ampatuan, in the southern province of
Maguindanao. Their bodies were buried in three shallow graves on a hilltop.

The wife and sister of political candidate Ismael "Toto" Mangudadatu and 30 journalists were among the
victims.

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Mangudadatu had sent his family members to file paperwork allowing him to run for governor of
Maguindanao.

Their convoy was ambushed, sprayed with bullets -- after which the survivors were ruthlessly hunted
down and executed.

Mangudadatu was running to end the 20-year rule of the Ampatuan family. His rival in the election was
Datu Andal Ampatuan, Jr., also known as Unsay, mayor of Datu Unsay town, and son of the incumbent
governor, Andal Ampatuan, Sr.

On Thursday, a judge in Manila found Ampatuan Jr. -- along with several other relatives and primary
suspects -- guilty on multiple accounts of murde