Communist rebels’ abandoned camp found in Iloilo

From the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Nov 2): Communist rebels’ abandoned camp found in Iloilo

The military found an abandoned camp of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Iloilo Thursday, an Army spokesman said. “The camp has several foxholes, kitchens, and three makeshift classrooms and a water supply,” Major Enrico Ileto, 3rd Infantry Division (ID), said in a statement Friday. The camp was built by the communist rebels in a remote area and it could have been used as a training facility, Ileto said. “The camp was situated behind mountainous terrain, thick vegetation and trees and can be reached through hours of walk from the nearest barangay roads of Bucari, Danao and Cagay of Leon Municipality,” he said. Ileto said that the camp was discovered with the help of the local residents who tipped off about the presence of the rebel camp. He said a previous encounter with the rebels made government troops suspicious because of the high level of resistance the insurgents were putting up. “A squad of soldiers conducting follow-on combat operations discovered 9:20 a.m. Thursday [the camp] believed to have been abandoned recently by top regional NPA personalities of Panay island after the said encounter,” Ileto said....

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