Saturday, August 1, 2015

Panay rebel leader Concha Araneta captured

From the Philippine News Agency (Aug 1): Panay rebel leader Concha Araneta captured



CPP Panay leader Concha Araneta in an image grabbed from a video posted to http://www.philippinerevolution.net/

Maria Concepcion “Concha” Araneta-Bocala, 64, said to be secretary general of the Communist Party of the Philippines on Panay island, was arrested in Iloilo City Saturday morning.

A video uploaded to the Philippine Revolution Web Central website describes Araneta as the CPP spokesperson for Panay.

A spot report made available to InterAksyon.com by military sources, who asked for anonymity saying they were not authorized to discuss the matter, showed Araneta was nabbed in Molo, Iloilo City in an operation that involved agents of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

The police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Iloilo also confirmed the arrest and has called a press conference, journalists there said.

Araneta was served a warrant of arrest on murder charges issued by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 2 in Kalibo, Aklan.

Seized from her were .45 caliber and .25 caliber pistols, laptop computers and subversive documents.

http://www.interaksyon.com/article/115263/panay-rebel-leader-concha-araneta-captured

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