Troops overrun NPA camp in Mindoro

From the Manila Times (May 26, 2019): Troops overrun NPA camp in Mindoro

CAMP EFIGENIO Navarro, Calapan City: Troops of the 76th Infantry Battalion, 203rd Brigade and 405th Company, Regional Mobile Force Battalion of Mimaropa overran another New People’s Army (NPA) temporary encampment after an armed encounter in Sitio Pusog, Barangay Ligaya, Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro on Friday. 

Mimaropa is comprised of Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan. 

The troops launched the operation after they got a tip from residents that about 20 NPAs were extorting food and money in their community. 

Col. Marceliano Teofilo, 203rd brigade commander, said recovered from the rebels were one M16 rifle, three bandoleers, two cellular phones, four backpacks, one camouflage uniform, five improvised explosive devices, electrical wires, medical paraphernalia, food stuffs, personal belongings and documents with high intelligence value. 

While searching the area, troops discovered the abandoned temporary encampment, followed the rebels’ tracks and overtook them in another encampment where a five-minute fire broke out.

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