The Armed Forces’ Nolcom chief issued the statement as he announced the recovery of firearms and ammunition believed to belong to an NPA unit operating in Aurora.
In a joint statement, the Army and the police reported that the recovered firearms included five M16s, two AK47s and an M14 rifle — all high-caliber rifles.
“[The recovered firearms] prove that the CPP-NPA is becoming irrelevant and that people no longer believe their lies [that the group] used for a long lost cause,” Rey said in a statement from Camp Servillano Aquino in Tarlac City.He added: “It just a matter of time before these bandits will face the full force of the law.”
In Mindanao, the military’s 403rd Infantry Brigade supported the move of the regional human rights office to look into the death of a 16-year-old boy during a clash between soldiers and communist rebels in Gingoog City on Dec. 2. According to Maj. Gen. Franco Nemesio Gacal, commander of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division, the NPA has been recruiting minors as young as 12 years old to fight in the insurgency war.
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