An alleged camp of the rebel group, the New People’s Army, was recovered by the government troops in San Isidro town, Northern Samar last Monday afternoon.
The recovered NPA camp was located in Barangay Happy Valley of said town, Lt. Colonel Noel Vestuir, commanding officer of the 20th Infantry Battalion which is based in Lope de Vega, also in Northern Samar.
Vestuir, in a press statement, said that the abandoned camp was discovered by the government troops while doing their combat patrol along the area at around 1:05 in the afternoon.
The Army official said that the soldiers, led by Sergeant Antonio Seberre, recovered, among others, two improvised anti-personnel mines; two detonating cord; electric firing wires; a rifle grenade and some personnel belongings of the rebels.
Vestuir said that the recovery of improvised explosives inside the abandoned camp only confirmed that the rebels are out to commit “atrocities” against the people.
“The use of landmines is a gross violation of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law wherein the Communist Party of the Philippines/NPA/National Democratic Front are signatories,” Vestuir said.
Along this line, Vestuir asked the NPAs to return to the folds of the law and live normal lives.
“With the series of discovery of their camps, it is clear that we have already narrowed the sphere of their influence and it would not be long for our troops to eventually find them,” Vestuir said.
The discoveries of these camps, albeit abandoned, were mainly due to the cooperation of the people in the barangays, the Army official said.
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