Wednesday, April 30, 2014

24 rebel fighters surrender to 4th Infantry Division

From the Philippine News Agency (Apr 30): 24 rebel fighters surrender to 4th Infantry Division

Twenty four New People's Army (NPA) fighters, from various guerilla fronts, have surrendered to 4th Infantry Division troopers in Loreto town, Agusan Del Sur Tuesday morning.

Lt. Col. Leonard Gille, 4th Infantry Division spokesperson, said the surrender took place around 8 a.m.

He added that these rebels gave themselves up to the 26th Infantry Battalion.

Gille said the rebels can be broken into the following:

-Four from Guerilla Front 34 of Southern Mindanao Regional Committee;

-Two from Guerilla Front 88; and

-18 from Guerilla Front 89 both under the North Central Mindanao Regional Committee.

Their surrender was made possible with the assistance of Loreto Mayor Dario E. Otaza and Loreto Municipal Police Station under Senior Insp. Chris Arthemius A. Devaras.

Otaza, a former NPA rebel himself who experienced suffering from the rotten system of the revolutionary organization is very determined to make his town insurgency free and become a developed municipality.

The rebels brought with them and surrendered a total 24 firearms and communication materials. These were a carbine rifle, six shotguns, 12 caliber .38 revolvers, two Springfield sniper rifles, one Bushmaster M-4, one caliber .22 rifle, one caliber .22 revolver, and one base radio.

The surrender is the fourth batch of mass surrenderees to the 4th Infantry Division in the last six months with 24 rebels and 24 firearms.

Those who surrendered on October 26, 2013 were 35 former NPA members with 42 firearms; on March 28, 2014 were 72 former NPA regulars with 69 firearms; and last April 14 were 37 former rebels with 36 firearms.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=639285

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