Jasper Aguyong was nabbed on the strength of an arrest warrant issued in relation to six frustrated murder charges he faces.
Judge Rodney Magbanua of the Regional Trial Court Branch 61 in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental issued the warrant.
Joint personnel of PNP’s 2nd Negros Occidental Provincial Mobile Force Company and 62nd Infantry Battalion (62IB) arrested the suspect at his residence around 6 a.m. on June 27.
Aside from the frustrated murder charges, Aguyong also faces two charges for murder.
According to the Army, Aguyong is a member of the Local Party Branch/Yunit Militia of Central Negros 2, Central Negros Front, Komiteng Rehiyon – Negros of the NPA.
On June 26, the police and military personnel also arrested six suspected NPA members in Himamaylan City.
The apprehensions were conducted on the strength of an arrest warrant.
Among those caught were Rodrigo Medez, Jimmy Teves, Jodito Montecino, JP Romano, Roger Jack Sabanal, and Eliseo Andres.
They face charges for six counts of frustrated murder and two counts of murder – the same criminal cases filed against Aguyong.
Lieutenant Colonel Egberto Dacoscos, commanding officer of 62IB, said the seven suspects were involved in an NPA encounter against government troops in Barangay Tan-awan, Kabankalan City in May last year where two soldiers were killed and six others were injured.
“Their apprehension is a blow to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front in Central Negros,” Dacoscos said.
The suspects will be turned over to Kabankalan City police station for proper disposition.
https://www.panaynews.net/rebel-arrested-in-himamaylan/
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