Amin Bacu or Amin Baco (1983 – October 2017; presumably dead) is/was the ISIS Southeast Asia leader who replaced

Isnilon Hapilon Isnilon Totoni Hapilon (March 10, 1968 – October 16, 2017), also known by the ''nom de guerre'' Abu Abdullah al-Filipini, was a Filipino Islamist militant affiliated with IS. He was formerly leader of Abu Sayyaf Group, before its battalion ...

after he was killed and an expert bomb maker. He also took part on the Mamasapano massacre with

Marwan Marwan, Merwan or Marwen or Mervan () is an Arabic male given name derived from the word ''maruww'' () with the meaning of either minerals, 'flint(-stone)', 'quartz"' or 'hard stone of nearly pure silica'. However, the Arabic name for quartz is ' ...

and bombed Basilan and Sulu. Hatib Sawadjaan, his father in law, was head of Tanum Group, a faction of Abu Sayyaf, and he established close links with Islamic militants in

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah has land borders with the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and Indonesia's North Kalima ...

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and

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. He was married on Jolo island with a member of Abu Sayyaf family. In November 2002 he masterminded the kidnapping of two Malaysians and was involved in terrorist trafficking and firearms between South Philippines and Indonesia. Since 2006 he has operated in Mindanao and coordinated military attacks with ASG, and he was one of the masterminds and key fund raiser of the

siege of Marawi The siege of Marawi (), also known as the Marawi crisis () and the Battle of Marawi (), was a five-month-long armed conflict in Marawi, Philippines, that started on May 23, 2017, between Government of the Philippines, Philippine government Arme ...

. It was believed he was killed with some 40 other militants in the final assault of the battle of Marawi by the government troops, being part of the last remaining fighters alongside Ibno Kayin, but Col. Romeo Brawner believes that he may still be alive. Muhammad Ilham Syahputra, an Indonesian terrorist who was detained on 1 November 2017, said he fled from Marawi City. As of 2025, his fate and whereabouts are unknown.

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{{reflist 1983 births Malaysian Islamists Malaysian people of Bugis descent Abu Sayyaf members Leaders of jihadist groups People from Tawau