CPP/NPA: Xstrata SMI and the AFP’s 27th IB are accountable and must be punished for the Kiblawan Massacre

Posted to the CPP Website (Oct 21): Xstrata SMI and the AFP’s 27th IB are accountable and must be punished for the Kiblawan Massacre

Dencio Madrigal
Commander
NPA Far South Mindanao (Valentin Palamine Command)

The Blaan Lumads and the entire people of Far South Mindanao, are crying out for justice in the cold-blooded massacre of the family of known anti-mining activist and lumad leader Daguil Cafeon....The 27th IB has the gall to claim that the massacre was a “legitimate encounter” against a “notorious bandit”— when the obvious victims are unarmed and helpless women and children. A witness who was present at the scene of the crime related that after the first volley, Jovy shouted: Hunong na kay may tama na ko. Basin madamay ang mga bata. But the soldiers entered the hut and shot them at close range. Seven year old Vicky was also wounded but was able to run away to safety.... The Aquino government’s 27th IB, Task Force Kitaco, paramilitary groups and intelligence operatives in collusion with this destructive mining company, for the past years have seen to it that people who dare to raise their voices in protest are hounded, harassed, continually attacked and killed. Women and innocent children are not spared — all to ensure the continuing operation of a foreign company that will bring nothing but destruction and misery to the people, siphon our natural resources and deprive the coming generations of their patrimony....

http://www.philippinerevolution.net/statements/xstrata-smi-and-the-afp-s-27th-ib-are-accountable-and-must-be-punished-for-the-kiblawan-massacre