With the arrest of another ranking New People's Army (NPA)
leader in Davao City Tuesday night, 10th Infantry Division commander Maj. Gen.
Eduardo M. Año called on the remaining rebel leaders and followers in the area
to surrender so that they can enjoy peaceful and useful lives with their loved
ones.
“We urge the members of the Communist Party of the
Philippines-NPA who are just being deceived by their leaders to surrender and
embrace a peaceful life in the mainstream society together with their families
and loved ones," he said.
“Being in the lawless armed group, you can run but you
cannot go into hiding forever. Eventually, the long arms of the law will catch
up with you,” Año stressed.
Earlier, joint operatives of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested NPA leader
Vincent Estrada, alias Dennis Montecillo/Bords/Brod/Oban, during checkpoint
operations in Davao
City
The former is the NPA's Head of Regional Instructor’s Bureau
of Regional Operational Command (ROC), Southern Mindanao Regional Committee
(SMC).
He was arrested by combined operatives of the Philippine
Army’s 10th Infantry Division and the Criminal Investigation and Detection
Group (CIDG) 11 of the PNP at a Task Force Davao checkpoint in Barangay Sirawan,
Toril, Davao City
Estrada was nabbed while aboard an Isuzu Bighorn (BDV-864)
with a certain Zacarias Delos Santos Mancia Jr.
He was arrested by virtue of warrant of arrest with CC#7610
for the crime of Kidnapping and Serious Illegal Detention filed before the
Regional Trial Court Branch 3 in Nabunturan, Compostela Valley
Province
Recovered from their possession were a caliber .45 pistol,
two fragmentation grenades, one laptop, five cellphones, subversive documents
and personal belongings.
Both personalities are now under the custody of CIDG 11.
Año said Estrada's arrest is expected to create a huge
vacuum in leadership of the CPP-NPA operating in Davao Region considering that
the latter is a high-valued cadre which is very difficult for the communist
movement to train and replace.
Since last year, five top NPA leaders operating in Davao
Region were already arrested.
These are Dominiciano Muya, Felix Armodia, Jordan Donillo,
Raunil N. Mortejo and Jasmin C. Badilla.
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