TACLOBAN CITY, Nov. 21 (PIA) - The 20th Infantry Battalion, while conducting combat patrol at Barangay Henogawe, Gamay, Northern Samar on November 17, 2019, apprehended two persons carrying improvised explosive device and a caliber 45 pistol with one magazine loaded with six rounds of ammunition.
The troops identified the suspects as Agosto Baldoza @Allan and Ricky Capoquian, both residents of said barangay.
Baldoza was identified by the operating troops as he surfaced on August 3, 2017 and surrendered his M14 rifle. However, he returned to the NPA in October of same year.
He admitted that he was carrying the said IED upon orders of communist terrorist leader (CTL) Rosalinda Esponilla @Meagan to be emplaced along the route intended for the government troops who are operating in the area.
He further revealed that he was a former political instructor of Front 1, SRC Arctic but was downgraded as CO of yunit milisya (YM) of Brgy Henogawe.
On the other hand, Ricky Capoquian was identified as member of communist terrorist group’s special partisan unit (SPARU) in Gamay town.
Moreover, both have standing warrant of arrest and were identified to have participated in the 2004 attacked of Gamay Municipal Police Station.
Both apprehended persons are now in the custody of Gamay Municipal Police Station, while formal complaint against them was filed at the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office in Laoang, Northern Samar.
Meanwhile, Lieutenant Colonel Juan Gullem, 20th Infantry Battalion Commander called on the NPA to reunite with their families and avail of the benefits offered by the government.
“I call on the NPA to lay down their arms; otherwise, they will suffer the same fate, if they opted to remain in the communist terrorist group”, Lieutenant Colonel Gullem said. (PIA with reports from 20IB)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1030529
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