BACOLOD CITY – A wanted New People’s Army (NPA) leader surrendered to the police in Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on July 1.
BACOLOD CITY – A wanted New People’s Army leader surrendered to the police in Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on July 1.New People’s Army leader surrendered to the police in Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Monday, July 1.
Police Capt. Ignacio Javier, deputy chief of the Don Salvador Benedicto Municipal Police Station, said that it took them years to negotiate the surrender of the 29-year-old communist rebel whose name was withheld for his security. The surrenderer was a vice commanding officer of the dismantled North Negros Front of the Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor operating in Don Salvador Benedicto, Toboso, and Calatrava.The rebel returnee turned over a homemade .357 revolver, five .357 rounds, four 40mm ammunition, and a two-meter detonating cord.
He had been served warrants of arrest for various crimes he had committed while he was in the armed struggle. Javier said that he was placed under their custody pending an assessment that would enable him to avail of assistance from government programs.
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