Carlos Tayag

Carlos "Caloy" Nuqui Tayag (August 24, 1942disappeared August 17, 1976) was a Filipino Benedictine deacon and activist.

He was one of the many desaparecidos and victims of the violations of human rights during the martial law of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Tayag is one of the martial-law era martyrs whose name is etched and honored at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani memorial.

Early life Tayag, whose baptismal name was Bartolome, was born on August 24, 1942, in Angeles, Pampanga to Fidel and Irenea Nuqui-Tayag. He studied his elementary at the Holy Family Academy and had his Secondary and Undergraduate Education at San Beda College. He was described as too helpful and too down-to-earth. He was fond of the Jesuits and of doing mission and visits among rural folk.

Activism He was described as someone who wanted to give Filipinos freedom and a better life from the oppression under President Marcos. under the Order of Saint Benedict. He was able to travel to many Asian countries and became a correspondent of an international newspaper where he exposed the conditions of Filipinos under Marcos to the international audience. Marcos was able to read an article of his in the newspaper and earned the ire of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Constabulary. and sought theological reforms and transformation of religious institutions under the context of martial law. His mother and other relatives went to the National Intelligence Service Agency (NISA) headquarters at V. Luna St., Quezon City to inquire about his whereabouts but to no avail. An unidentified officer was said to have ordered his subordinate to look under a file list of supposed "Christian leftists" after knowing that he was an ordained deacon. He was thirty-three at the time of his disappearance.

After a month, Irenea Tayag received information that his son was being detained in Camp Bicutan and hurried to the Camp. He brought a big can of biscuits but was informed that no one by the name of Carlos Tayag was ever detained there.

To aid with the cause of desaparecidos, Irenea Tayag founded the Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearances (FIND) and eventually became its chairperson.