The body of a Manobo tribe leader, who was forcibly taken by suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels three months ago, was found buried in a mountainous area in Barangay Purisima, Cagwait town, Surigao del Sur, last Tuesday, the military reported.
1Lt. Karl Jan S. Devaras, commander of 41st Civil-Military Operations (Magkahiusa) Company, identified the victim as lumad leader Cristituto Garcia, 54, of Sitio Hinayhayan, Cagwait.
The body was already in advance stage of decomposition and bore several gunshot wounds. It was positively identified as that of Garcia by his family.
Devaras said Garcia’s remains will be subjected to medico-legal examinations.
He said the victim’s corpse was found following the testimony of a former NPA member who surrendered to the military stationed in Surigao del Sur recently.
The former rebel identified only as alias Dodong claimed that the NPA forcibly took Garcia from his house in the evening of November 15, 2015.
Garcia was later brought to Sitio Cagburao in the municipality of Cagwait, Surigao del Sur, where the rebels shot him to death, said Lt. Devaras, quoting the statement of the rebel returnee.
The Manobo tribal leader worked as a “Bantay Banwa” (lumad forest guard) and was an active anti-illegal logging advocate, the military officer said.
http://www.tempo.com.ph/2016/02/12/news/regional/manobo-tribe-leader-found-in-grave/
1Lt. Karl Jan S. Devaras, commander of 41st Civil-Military Operations (Magkahiusa) Company, identified the victim as lumad leader Cristituto Garcia, 54, of Sitio Hinayhayan, Cagwait.
The body was already in advance stage of decomposition and bore several gunshot wounds. It was positively identified as that of Garcia by his family.
Devaras said Garcia’s remains will be subjected to medico-legal examinations.
He said the victim’s corpse was found following the testimony of a former NPA member who surrendered to the military stationed in Surigao del Sur recently.
The former rebel identified only as alias Dodong claimed that the NPA forcibly took Garcia from his house in the evening of November 15, 2015.
Garcia was later brought to Sitio Cagburao in the municipality of Cagwait, Surigao del Sur, where the rebels shot him to death, said Lt. Devaras, quoting the statement of the rebel returnee.
The Manobo tribal leader worked as a “Bantay Banwa” (lumad forest guard) and was an active anti-illegal logging advocate, the military officer said.
http://www.tempo.com.ph/2016/02/12/news/regional/manobo-tribe-leader-found-in-grave/
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