The end-of-year party at Santor Multigrade School is the safest place to try to connect with children who have been kidnapped and illegally taken to the Philippines. The sister of the children - Gerard and Laia, boarded an international flight from Barcelona to Manila over the Easter break. Her father had a chauffeur ready at the airport. They landed and boarded the car for nine hours, only to arrive at the 7:00 a.m. deadline on April 15, 2025.

Plane tickets, a rented car with a driver for three days, fuel, hotels, food, help with intermediaries, etc., two hundred thousand pesos in one fall to see the children at the end-of-year ceremony (usually held in April in the Philippines). They finally made it to school on time and succeeded. The school's principal, who was familiar with the legal framework, had talked with the father a week before the ceremony, quickly resolved the program and reunited the children with their father and sister.

The children disappeared from school

Regina Magundayao Valdez felt annoyed at first moment when she saw the look of the family from Spain. He couldn't stop them from hugging Gerard and Laia. In front of the teachers at the school, she said she was willing to let the children spend some time with the father and sister if her presence were there. Regina initially gave the excuse that they had already organized a vacation and were leaving that same night.

The principal tried to get the father and mother to sit at a table to mediate, but while Regina said she was calling her lawyer, in reality, as noted to Diario16+ by sources familiar with the situation, she was being given instructions over the phone to get the children to disappear. They said: "They suddenly disappeared from the school.”

Then, Regina, the mother who performed the abduction, rushes into a car parked at the school gate. She would have escaped if it wasn't for the fact that the children’s sister also got inside the car and asked her to bring the kids back, but to no avail. The discussion lasted for about half an hour, during which Regina couldn't answer this question: Why did she separate Gerard and Laia from their siblings?

The Day After

Unable to believe Regina, the next morning, the father and daughter showed up at their home to say goodbye to the children. They were sure they were there. There was no organized vacation that she used as an excuse, as she initially said to keep the kids.

Regina's family allowed them into the house, and Gerard and Laia played with their father. It was only about 15 minutes before Regina arrived and threatened to call the police for trespassing.

Despite repeated questions about why children can't see their families in Spain, Regina doesn't answer. She said simply, "I'm Filipina and the Spanish justice cannot do anything against me."

Above all, Regina's obsession with destroying the Spanish family, with cutting all ties with sisters and father until the children forget them, is evident. According to both sources, even her own relatives who were present at the time did not seem to understand this obsession.