Ruben Buray Ecleo Jr. (April 16, 1960 – May 13, 2021) was a Filipino politician and religious figure who was the leader of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association.

[1] Ecleo Jr. in 1987 inherited the leadership of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA), an organization ran by his father Ruben Sr.

[8] On June 18, 2002 Alona's brother Ben, a key witness to Ecleo's case along with her parents and sister Evelyn were killed at their house in Mandaue.

His co-defendants, Anadelia Nalauan-Navarra and Ricardo Santillan, were convicted of twice violating the anti-graft laws and sentenced to six to ten years for each count.

Police later said that he had fled the Dinagat Islands and moved to Metro Manila in 2014[12] before ultimately hiding in a subdivision in Angeles City under the name "Manuel Riberal".

[14] He died at the New Bilibid Prison Hospital in Muntinlupa due to cardiac arrest on May 13, having also suffered from jaundice and kidney disease.