Slain NPA leader identified

From the Visayan Daily Star (Jul 18, 2019): Slain NPA leader identified

The suspected New People’s Army squad leader killed in a recent encounter with the 62nd Infantry Battalion at the boundary of Kabankalan City and Ayungon, Negros Oriental, has already been identified.

He was identified by Brig. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, as Joseph Pacheco, 22, of Brgy. Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental.

Pacheco, alias Emjay, had been tagged by the military as a squad leader of the Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda of the Central Negros Front.

The cadaver of Pacheco was positively identified by his mother, Julita Pacheco, of Brgy. Buenavista, Himamaylan City. through a burn scar in his left arm and back. He was buried at the Ayungon public cemetery.

The July 13 encounter also yielded M-16 assault rifle, an improvised explosive device, two improvised black bandoleers, 237 rounds of ammunition for an M-16 rifle, two rifle grenades, 10 rounds for an AK 47 assault rifle, a 40mm live ammunition for a M-203 grenade launcher, four back packs containing personal belongings and subversive documents and three firearm magazines.

No casualty was reported on the government side, according to the military.

The encounter in the boundary of Kabankalan City and Guihulngan was the fourth gunbattle between government forces and the NPA within three weeks in central Negros.*


http://www.visayandailystar.com/2019/July/18/topstory11.htm