The highest ranking official of the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army/National Democratic Front (CNN) in Region 2 was apprehended Thursday (May 4) afternoon in Penablanca, Cagayan province, by joint operatives of 17th Infantry Battalion of Philippine Army in Cagayan ,Intelligence Support Unit, 5th ID of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the police.
David Soriano (MANILA BULLETIN)
The Philippine Army said David Soriano, Regional Secretary, Komiteng Rehiyon ng Hilagang Silangan ng Luzon of the CNN’s Northern Front, was captured at Barangay Camasi, Penablanca, Cagayan. Arrested with Soriano was Jude Malana Cipriano, driver of their van, with plate no. WML500.
They were traversing the provincial road in Penablanca when intercepted by the joint police and military operatives who were tailing them.
Confiscated from them were two 9mm pistols, which were found to be PNP – issued properties; one fragmentation grenade; one rifle grenade and various subversive documents.
David Soriano is Cagayan Valley’s most wanted person and believed to be involved in several high-profile crimes in the region. Police Regional office said Soriano was the mastermind in the ambush of police personnel in Baggao in February 2016 during which six policemen, who were on their way to investigate CNN atrocities in Baggao, were killed while 10 others were wounded.
Soriano was also the principal suspect in the murder of Gonzaga, Cagayan, Mayor Carlito Pentecostes Jr in 2015.
Meanwhile, in what was deemed a diversionary tactic by the CNN in the region, at least 30 rebels attacked a police sub-station in nearby Amulung town in Cagayan, almost simultaneously with the arrest of Soriano.
The armed men took away four M16s and two PNP-issued 9mm pistols. The armed men also burned the police Mahindra patrol vehicle before escaping.
http://news.mb.com.ph/2017/05/05/top-official-of-cppnpa-in-region-2-captured/
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