CPP/Ang Bayan: Military actions in Negros

Propaganda article from the English language edition of the CPP online publication Ang Bayan (Aug 21): Military actions in Negros

Four enemy elements were killed in three successive military actions by the New People’s Army in Guihulngan City, Negros Orienral in June.

According to the Leonardo Panaligan Command (LPC-NPA), two soldiers under the 12th IB were killed when Red fighters opened fire on the military unit’s detachment at 8 p.m. of June 12. Residents of Barangay Sandayao had long been demanding punishment for the soldiers who are responsible for widespread abuses against civilians such as threats, beatings and indisciminate firing, which have all been a bane to the locality.

The NPA also implemented on June 23 a decision of the people’s court meting capital punishment on Aljin Mogelio. The court had found Mogelio guilty of gunning down Guihulngan town councilor Cyrus Fat on February 13, 2014. Mogelio was a former element of the CAFGU Active Auxiliary and an intellgence asset of the AFP and the police.

On June 18, the NPA likewise enforced capital punishment on Jose Baquilta, who led the killing of the Escoba couple in Sitio Punong, Barangay Trinidad in 1987. He was also a member of “Kadre,” a fanatic group that joined military troops and CAFGU elements in burning down more than 40 houses in Sitio Kalubasa, Barangay Tacpao, Guihulngan in 1988. Baquilta was also involved in the heinous massacre of a family in Barangay Trinidad. The victims were first raped before their bodies were hacked and mutilated.

[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]

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