Troopers from the 7th Infantry Division with assistance from their police counterparts have arrested two New People's Army (NPA) fighters during operations in Barangay TL Padilla, Carranglan town, Nueva Ecija Saturday night.
Capt. Mark Anthony Ruelos, 7th Infantry Division spokesperson, said that this took place around 6 p.m.
He identified the arrested rebels as Gerald Hernandez and Guiller Martin.
Investigations revealed that both men are members of the NPA's Platoon-Nueva Ecija-Nueva Vizcaya-Eastern Pangasinan (PLTN-NE-NV-EP) and serving as platoon guides in the hinterlands of Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya and
Seized from their possession were one 9mm Smith and Wesson pistol with defaced serial number with one magazine, 23 rounds of ammunition, one 9mm SN U390575 with one magazine, 14 rounds of ammunition, two hand grenades and voluminous subversive documents.
Ruelos said that the arrest operation was originally meant for a certain Ely Taray but the latter was able to evade arrest.
However, this led to the arrest of Hernandez and Martin, so that the operation was not a total loss.
“This was indeed a successful operation, although we were not able to arrest Ely Taray, we were able to arrest his two companions,” 7th Infantry Division commander Major Gen. Glorioso Miranda said.
“I would like to once again call on to our brothers who have followed the wrong path to surrender and return back to the folds of our law and enjoy the company of their loved ones and live in a peaceful environment. Our government have many programs to offer for our rebel returnees," he concluded.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=671418
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