Another leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) who is said to be a wanted murder suspect has been arrested by joint police and military officers in the Caraga region over the weekend, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said.
(MANILA BULLETIN)
In a statement late Saturday, the PNP-Caraga (Police Regional Office-13) identified the apprehended suspect as Leonida Padilla Guao, 64, of Purok 6, Brgy. Babag, Butuan City.
According to police, Guao was identified as the head of the Finance and Regional Education Bureau of the Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP/NPA).
Police said Guao was arrested around 2:50 p.m. Friday in Purok 3B, Brgy. Bading, Butuan City, after elements of the Regional Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit-13 (13th RCIDU), and Regional Intelligence Division, backed by elements of the 402nd Brigade of the Philippine Army, served an arrest warrant against her.
Police said they confiscated from Guao a caliber .45 pistol with magazine, a holster, six rounds of live ammunition, five blasting caps and a roll of detonating cord.
Guao’s capture has been the latest among a series of arrests made by authorities against the NPA since President Duterte officially terminated the peace talks between the national government and the leftist groups late last year.
Last January 31, police arrested National Democratic Front leader consultant Rafael Baylosis and alleged NPA recruit Guillermo Roque in Quezon City.
Two days later, police and military served a warrant of arrest against CPP secretary Dorango Salinas after attending a hearing in Ozamis City, Misamis Occidental.
Another communist rebel, Leonida Guao, who is said to be the finance officer of the Mindanao-based NPA in Butuan City, was apprehended by authorities also last week.
With the souring relationship between the leftist groups and the government, Anakpawis party-list representative Ariel Casilao warned of the possibility that the NPAs will also “arrest” government officials if the police and military continue to imprison them.
Activists earlier said that the arrest of communist rebels, especially Baylosis, violated the ‘existing’ Joint Agreement on Security and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG) which granted temporary freedom on imprisoned rebel leaders when they were chosen to participate in the peace talks.
The PNP are also hot on trail against CPP-NPA leaders Benito and Wilma Tiamzon.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/02/04/npa-leader-held-by-caraga-joint-police-military-group/
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