NPA claims execution of soldier

From the Visayan Daily Star (May 7): NPA claims execution of soldier

The New People's Army summarily executed a civilian, a retired Army soldier, and an Army intelligence operative in Negros Occidental, within one month for which they claimed responsibility.

The latest was the killing of Cpl. Nelskie Marino on May 1 in Brgy. San Isidro, Toboso, that was claimed by the Roselyn Pelle Command of the NPA Northern Negros Guerilla Front.

In a statement furnished the Daily Star, the rebel group described Marino as a very active intelligence officer who was able to establish an effective intelligence network in the areas of Escalante, Toboso, Calatrava and San Carlos City,and psychological warfare against them.

Rebel spokesman Cecil Estrella also claimed that Marino served as the handler of their former comrades, whom she had labeled as traitors.

Estrella said a team of NPA who carried out the assassination, took a .45 caliber pistol with a magazine loaded with nine ammunition, his wallet containing documents with high intelligence value, and assorted identification cards.

This will serve as a warning to others, who are engaged in intelligence work, Estrella said.

On May 5, the NPA Leonardo Panaligan Command alsoclaimed responsibility for the assassination of Magdaleno “Nonong” Grande, an alleged campaign leader of a mayoralty bet in Moises Padilla.

Grande, 54, elder brother of Moises Padilla councilor-candidate Agustin Grande, was shot in the head outside a cockpit in Brgy. Inolingan, Moises Padilla on May 1.

Ka Ann Jacinto, deputy spokesperson of the Leonardo Panaligan Command, alleged that Magdaleno had served as an informant of the Armed Forces of the Philippines against the rebel movement.

The same rebel group also issued a statement claiming responsibility for the killing of retired Philippine Army Sgt. Armand Secuya on March 28 in Brgy. Guinapana-an, Moises Padilla.

Ka JB Regalado, spokesperson of the Leonardo Panaligan Command, claimed that Secuya, although already retired from the military service, had been actively organizing BIN (Barangay Intelligence Network) and intelligence assets in Moises Padilla, La Castellana and Isabela.

The Army's 3rd Infantry Division vowed to exert all efforts to apprehend the rebel suspects involved in the series of killings.

Late last year, the NPA in southern Negros also claimed responsibility for the deaths of three CAFGU members in Cauayan town alone.

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2016/May/07/topstory4.htm